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Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., K.P.M., Royal Engineers, ‘Glubb
Pasha’, Officer Commanding the Arab Legion of Transjordan, 1939-56
Riband bar, on buckram, sewn onto red cloth, bearing the ribbons: Order of the St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished
Service Order; Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; Military Cross; King’s Police Medal; 1914-15 Star; British
War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; General Service 1918-62; 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; War Medal
1939-45; Jordan, Order of Al Nahda; Jordan, Order of Al Istiqlal; Arab Legion Medal for W.W.2; Arab Legion Medal for
War against Israel 1948; Iraq, Order of El Rafidain, military; together with a khaki tie, some ribbons a little worn, fairly
good condition £120-160
John Bagot Glubb was born in 1897 and educated at Cheltenham and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He entered the Royal
Engineers as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1915 and served in France where he was three times wounded and awarded the M.C. He resigned his
commission in 1926 and became Administrative Inspector for the Iraqi Government. Transferring to Transjordan in 1930, he was the
Officer Commanding the Desert Area in 1932 and was Officer Commanding the Arab Legion, Transjordan, 1939-56. He was awarded
the K.C.B. in 1956, C.M.G. in 1946; D.S.O. in 1941 and O.B.E. in 1925. Lieutenant-General Sir John Glubb latterly lived at West
Wood St. Dunstan, Mayfield, Sussex; he died on 17 March 1986.
Sold with a typed letter to Henry Pownall from Lieutenant-General Sir John Glubb, dated 19 August 1967.
‘Dear Mr Pownall, Thank you very much for your kind letter of 13th August. I am sending you herewith a brooch with the medals I
used to wear. The K.C.B. is not included because I received it after my dismissal from Jordan, after which I never again wore
uniform. .....’ [The General goes on to identify his ribbons]. The letter is personally signed in ink.
With another letter, addressed to a Mr Woodcock, hand-written and signed by the General, dated 29 October 1978, in which he
encloses a khaki tie which he wore, together with a photograph of him wearing it in uniform.
With other copied photographs and related newspaper clippings.
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Captain Sir Edward Headlam, C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., F.R.G.S., Royal Indian Navy
Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Star of India; Order of St. Michael & St. George;
Distinguished Service Order; China 1900; Naval General Service 1915-62; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20;
Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1911, ribbons a little faded, fairly good condition £20-30
Edward James Headlam was born in 1873 and educated at Durham School and H.M.S. Conway. He entered the Royal Indian Navy as
a Sub-Lieutenant in 1894 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900 and Commander in 1913. Headlam served with the Marine Survey
of India, 1897-1914 and was Assistant Marine Transport Officer, British Expeditionary Force, North China, 1900-01, for which he was
mentioned in despatches. During the Great War he was Naval Transport Officer, East African Forces, 1914-17; then Principal Naval
Transport Officer, South and East Africa, 1917-19. For his services he was specially promoted to Captain, four times mentioned in
despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1916 and C.M.G. in 1919. Post-war he was Director of the Royal Indian Marine, 1922-28 and
was awarded the C.S.I. in 1924. Additionally awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal in 1900 for saving the life of a Sepoy
who had fallen overboard from the transport Wandha off Taku; also the American Military Order of the Dragon. Captain Headlam died
in 1943.
With copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Frederick Hotham, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.
Lengths of ribbon: New Zealand 1845-66, 85mm.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 115mm.; Jubilee 1887, 45mm.;
Coronation 1902, 112mm.; Coronation 1911, 85mm.; Turkey, Order of Osmania, neck ribbon, with one tapered end,
100mm.; Khedive’s Star, 80mm. (all dimensions approximate), ragged and stained, fair condition
General Sir (Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., late Royal Artillery
Lengths of ribbon: Distinguished Service Order, 118mm.; South Africa 1877-79, 270mm.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89,
285mm.; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, 280mm.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902,280mm.; King’s South Africa 1901-02,
275mm.; Jubilee 1897, 136mm.; Coronation 1911, 26mm. wide, 187mm. long; Khedive’s Star, 240mm.; Khedive’s
Sudan 1896-1908, 270mm. (all dimensions approximate), ragged and stained, fair condition £30-40
With some copied research and certified provenance of the ribbon taken from the insignia of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Frederick
Hotham.
With some copied research and certified provenance of the ribbon taken from the insignia of General Sir Leslie Rundle. Insignia sold
Glendinings, 2 March 1989. With Black & White Budget, 12 May 1900 - which featured Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Rundle who
commanded the 8th Division in South Africa.
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