A Collection of British Groups with Foreign Awards 634
A rare Great War O.B.E., M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Buckland-Cockell, Special List and H.Q. Staff
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Captain A. S. Buckland Cockell, Special List, General Staff, June 3rd 1916’; 1914 STAR, WITH SLIDE-ON CLASP (Captain A. S. Buckland-Cockell); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major A. S. Buckland-Cockell); SERBIA,ORDER OF ST. SAVA, 5th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; ROUMANIA, ORDER OF THE STAR, 2nd type, 5th Class breast badge, with swords, gilt and enamel, lacquered, otherwise generally very fine or better (7)
£1000-1200
O.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918: ‘For services in connection with the War.’ M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916: ‘For distinguished service in the Field.’
Serbian Order of St. Sava, 5th Class London Gazette 21 August 1919: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’
Roumanian Order of the Star, 5th Class London Gazette 20 September 1919: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’
Anthony Stuart Buckland-Cockell was embarked for France as a Captain and Interpreter on H.Q. Staff in September 1914 and ended the War as Acting Quarter-Master General at G.H.Q. in the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In addition to his scarce foreign decorations, and M.C. and O.B.E. - which latter insignia he received from the Consul General in Antwerp in February 1921 - he was four times mentioned in despatches (London Gazettes 1 January 1916, 11 December 1917, 20 May 1918 and 5 July 1919 refer).
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An unusual O. St. J. group of seventeen awarded to Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel N. W. Hammer, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Royal Artillery, a long-served Territorial who also served as a Medical Adviser to the A.R.P. service
THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silvered base metal; BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (149389 Bmbr. N. W. Hammer, R.A.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS, M.I.D.oak leaf; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937; EFFICIENCY DECORATION,
G.VI.R., Territorial, the reverse dated ‘1949’; TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R., naming erased; ST. JOHN SERVICEMEDAL, one Bar (18505 C. Sgn. N. W. Hammer, Dis. H.Q. Staff, No. 1 Dis. S.J.A.B., 1938); LEAGUE OFMERCY, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; FRANCE, PALMESACADEMIQUE, silver and enamel; FRANCE, MEDAILLE DE LA RECONNAISSANCE; FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE 1939, this last of later manufacture, enamel work slightly chipped in places, generally good very fine (17)
£200-250
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