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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 70

Family Group:
A 1939 Military Division M.B.E. Group of Nine to Warrant Officer Class II, Later Major D.K. Edwards, Royal Engineers, A Military Historian in Later Life
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member's (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver
b) British War and Victory Medals (6726 Pte. D.K. Edwards. 16-Lond. R.)
c) 1939-1945 Star
d) Defence and War Medals
e) Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st 'Field Marshal's bust' type (S-443722 Pte.-A.Sjt:- D.K. Edwards. R.A.S.C.)
f) Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., silver and silver-gilt, reverse officially dated '1949', with Second Award Bar, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated '1950', and top 'Territorial' riband bar
g) Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with 'Territorial' scroll suspension (29205 W.O. Cl.II. D.K. Edwards. R.E.), nearly very fine or better, mounted court-style as worn

Defence Medal, extremely fine, with Home Secretary's enclosure, in named card box of issued, addressed to 'Mrs. J.E. Edwards, Station Hotel, Station Road, Dorking, Surrey' (10)

M.B.E. London Gazette 8.6.1939 No. 29205 Warrant Officer, Class II (Company Sergeant-Major), Dudley Keith Edwards, The London Divisional Engineers, Royal Engineers, Territorial Army.

M.S.M. London Gazette 12.12.1919 S/443722 Pte. (A./Sjt.) Edwards, D.K., Royal Army Service Corps (Purley)
'In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War.'

T.D. London Gazette 4.2.1949 Maj. D.K. Edwards, M.B.E. (91373), Royal Engineers

T.D. Second Award Bar London Gazette Maj. D.K. Edwards, M.B.E., T.D. (91373), R.E.

Major Dudley Keith Edwards, M.B.E., T.D., Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, 19.7.1939; promoted Major, 1.5.1947; retired, 29.2.1952. In retirement he wrote the history of the 1st Middlesex Volunteer Engineers, 1860-1967.

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