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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 555

An O.B.E. and Coronation Pair to Dr. W.E.S. Merrett, Colonial Medical Service a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Officer´s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, 63mm including crown suspension x 49mm, silver-gilt b) Coronation 1953, in case of issue, extremely fine with the following documents: - Bestowal Document for the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., dated 12.6.1947, together with the original Envelope and Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood enclosure - Permission to wear document for the Coronation Medal (2) Estimate £ 70-90 O.B.E. London Gazette 12.6.1947 Wilfred Eric Stanley Merrett, Esq., B.M., B.Ch., Colonial Medical Service, Acting Principal of the Medical School and Lecturer in Physiology, Nigeria. Dr. Wilfred Eric Stanley Merrett, O.B.E., educated at Oxford and King´s College Hospital, London; served in the Colonial Medical Service, Nigeria.

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