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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 88

A Second War 'Italian Theatre' M.B.E. Group of Six to Lieutenant-Colonel G.E. Walker, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Late Royal Army Ordnance Corps
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member's (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver, reverse privately engraved 'Lt. Col. G.E. Walker R.E.M.E.'
b) 1939-1945 Star, privately named 'Lieut. G.E. Walker. R.A.O.C.'
c) Africa Star, with 8th Army Bar, privately named 'Capt. G.E. Walker. R.E.M.E.'
d) Italy Star, privately named 'Major. G.E. Walker. R.E.M.E.'
e) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, privately named 'Lt. Col. G.E. Walker. R.E.M.E.', nearly extremely fine, mounted as worn (6)

M.B.E. London Gazette 28.6.1945 Major (temporary) Geoffrey Eades Walker (110937), Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (London, S.W.19)
'In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.'

M.I.D. London Gazette 24.8.1944 Lt. (temp. Capt.) G. E. Walker (110937), Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
'In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.'

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Eades Walker, M.B.E., Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 16.1.1940; transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1943; promoted Captain, 9.4.1944; Major and temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 1.7.1945; retired with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, April 1946.

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Estimate
£200 to £250