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Auction: 1005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 9

The Fine M.B.E, Officer of the Order of St. John, ´Double Life Saving Award´ Group of Eight to Colonel Sir V.D. Warren, Royal Signals, Lord Provost of Glasgow a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member´s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver, the reverse engraved ´Major V.D. Warren 1939´ b) The Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer´s breast Badge, silver and enamel, with Maltese Cross emblem on riband c) Defence and War Medals d) Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., silver and silver-gilt, reverse dated 1942, with three additional award Bars, and ´Territorial´ top riband bar e) Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Victor D. Warren) f) Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal, successful (Victor Dunn Warren 13th May 1949) g) Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1947), the reverse engraved ´The Rt. Hon. the Lord Provost. Victor D. Warren. 1949´, good very fine or better, mounted as worn (8) Estimate £ 900-1,200 Knight Bachelor London Gazette 1.1.1951 Colonel Victor Dunn Warren, M.B.E., T.D., A.M.I.Min.E., J.P., Lord Provost of Glasgow. M.B.E. London Gazette 2.1.1939 Major Victor Dunn Warren, 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, Territorial Army. Officer, Order of St. John London Gazette 28.6.1946 Victor Dunn Warren, M.B.E., T.D. T.D. London Gazette 26.2.1942 Lieutenant-Colonel V. D. Warren, M.B.E. (21114), Royal Corps of Signals Colonel Sir Victor Dunn Warren, M.B.E., T.D., (1903-53), educated at Kelvinside Academy; Appointed to the Corporation of Glasgow, 1931; Magistrate, 1935-38; Lieutenant-Colonel, 24.8.1939; Served during the Second World War, and Commanded the 15th Scottish Divisional Signals and the West African Divisional Signals, serving in West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, and the Belgian Congo; Lord Provost of Glasgow and Lord Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow, 1949-52; Awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal and the Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal for saving life at Loch Arkaig, Scotland, 13.5.1949.

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