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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 703

(x) A 1936 Civil O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant F. H. Lowe, East Africa Protectorate Forces, late Rhodesia Regiment

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer's 1st type breast Badge, by Garrard, hallmarks for London 1930; British War and Victory Medals 1914-19 (Lieut. F. H. Lowe.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, with related dress miniatures, nearly extremely fine (10)

O.B.E. London Gazette 23 June 1936:

'For public services in Northern Rhodesia.'

Frederick Harold Lowe was born in 1890 at Stratford, London, and educated at Forest Gate Grammar School. He resigned from the Northern Rhodesia Treasury in 1916 to join the 2nd Battalion, Rhodesia Regiment as a Private in East Africa and was later appointed Lieutenant in the East Africa Protectorate Forces. Returning to Livingstone following the cessation of hostilities, he initially set up as an accountant before representing Livingstone in the Northern Rhodesia Legislative Council from 1929-1932, being also a member of the local Municipal Council from 1928-1936. During this time he served as Mayor for four years and Deputy Mayor for three.

Appointed a member of the Rhodesia Railway Commission in 1936, he transferred to Bulawayo and was later seconded for duty as Director of Supplies and Transport in Northern Rhodesia; sold with copied research including a detailed article written by Lowe regarding the economy of Northern Rhodesia.


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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£280