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Auction: 326 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 567

Great Britain. A 1939 M.B.E. Group of Six to Company Sergeant Major D. Bone, Highland Light Infantry, Signalling Sergeant of the Battalion During the Great War
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd Type, Military Division, Member's (M.B.E.) Breast Badge, silver
b) Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2844 Corpl: D. Bone. Scot: Rifles)
c) 1914-15 Star (372 Sjt. D. Bone. High: L.I.)
d) British War and Victory Medals (372 C.Sjt. D. Bone. High. L.I.)
e) Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (372 C.Q.M. Sjt: D. Bone. 5/High. L.I.), the second with unofficial rivets between the State and date clasps, light pitting, Very Fine, together with a copied group photograph (6)

M.B.E. Edinburgh Gazette 13.6.1939 No.3302874 Warrant Officer, Class II (Company Sergeant Major) David Bone, 5th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), Territorial Army

372 Company Sergeant Major David Bone, M.B.E., served with the 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry during the Great War, initially as Sergeant in the Balkans from 2.7.1915; listed as Signalling Sergeant for the Battalion in the Regimental records; awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, 1917.

The Highland Light Infantry Chronicle of October 1939 states 'The most important announcement is left to the end. C.S.M. David Bone, now unhappily time expired, was invested by His Majesty with the M.B.E. (Mil. Div.). To him we extend our heartiest congratulations and best wishes for a long and prosperous retirement.'

The Medal Index Card states the issue of a duplicate 1914-15 Star.

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