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Auction: 24003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 173

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

The 1948 C.S.I. and 1944 C.I.E. group of eleven awarded to Financial Commissioner P. G. Braye (Brée), Indian Civil Service, late Colonel, Nagpur Rifles, 66th Punjabis and Cameron Highlanders

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I. Companion's neck Badge, in gold, silver and enamel with central cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria and small diamonds; The Most Eminent Order of the British Empire, C.I.E., Companion's neck Badge, gold and enamel; 1914-15 Star (2061 Pte P. G. Bree. Cam'n. Highrs); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. P. G. Bree); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. P. G. Bree. 1/66/Punjabis.); Defence Medal and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.I.R., India (Maj. (Hony. Lt. Col) P. G. Braye, Nag. Rif. A.F.I,) engraved to the reverse, housed in glazed display frame, pin removed from reverse of the last for ease of wear, otherwise very fine or better (11)

C.S.I. London Gazette 1 January 1948.

C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944.

Efficiency Decoration Gazette of India 10 April 1943.

Philip George Braye (Brée) was born at St. Helier, Jersey on 1 December 1894, the son of Elie and Ann Brée. Educated at Victoria College, Jersey and then at Exeter College, Oxford, he matriculated in 1913. The outbreak of the Great War saw Braye enlisting with the 4th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders on 11 September 1914 (No. 2061 with surname Bree). He joined the 51st Divisional Cyclist Company on 14 April 1915 and served on the Western Front from 1 May 1915. Singled out for his potential, Braye then served with the 8th Officer Cadet Battalion from October-December 1916, and then on to the 2nd Machine Gun Corps Officer Battalion from December 1916-February 1917 before reverting back to the 8th Officer Cadet Battalion again from February-March 1917. He was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on 27 March 1917 and then transferred to the Indian Army on 23 October 1918 and joined the 1st Battalion, 66th Punjabis on 4 November 1918. Braye was promoted to Lieutenant on 28 December 1918, primarily serving as a Signalling Officer, in addition he learned Hindustan, passing the Higher Standard at Murree in August 1922.

It was in September 1923 that he joined the Indian Civil Service and Braye first served with the Central Provinces as an Assistant Commissioner, becoming an Officiating Deputy Commissioner in June 1926. In addition to his Civil Service work he was commissioned into the Nagpur Rifles on 13 February 1926. He became Commissioner of Excise and Opium in Central India in November 1934 and was promoted to Major in the Nagpur Rifles on 20 November 1937. In 1938 he changed his surname from the family surname of Brée to Braye (Who Was Who refers). Braye finally served as Officiating Commissioner of the Berar Division Central Provinces and Berar before he retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1947. Braye retired with his family to Oxford and died on 28 May 1956; sold together with several photographs of him wearing uniform and medals, besides copied research.

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£5500