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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 37

A C.I.E., O.B.E. Group of Eleven to Sir O.G Grace, Inspector-General of Police, Karachi, Late Captain, Green Howards a) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion´s (C.I.E.) neck Badge, 55mm including crown suspension x 36mm, gold and enamel, with full and miniature width neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Civil Division, Officer´s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, by Garrard, London, 63mm including crown suspension x 49mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1932) c) British War Medal (Lieut. O.G. Grace) d) India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 1st ´Kaisar-i-Hind´ type, Calcutta Mint issue, three clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31, M.I.D. Oakleaf (Capt. O.G. Grace, Yorks. R.) e) India General Service 1936-39, Calcutta Mint issue, two clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (O. Gilbert Grace, F.C.) f) 1939-1945 Star g) War Medal, M.I.D. Oakleaf h) Jubilee 1935 i) Coronation 1937 j) Coronation 1953 k) Pakistan Independence Medal, good very fine, together with a Hertfordshire County Council school attendance medal, 35mm, bronze, the reverse inscribed ´Awarded to Oliver Grace for Good Conduct & Perfect Attendance for Three Years´ (11) Estimate £ 1,150-1,250 C.I.E. London Gazette 1.1.1945 Oliver Gilbert Grace, Esq., O.B.E., Indian Police, Commandant, Frontier Constabulary, North-West Frontier Province. O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1934 Oliver Gilbert Grace, Esq., Indian Police, District Officer, Frontier Constabulary, North-West Frontier Province. Sir (Oliver) Gilbert Grace, C.I.E., O.B.E., born Tring, Hertfordshire, 1896; educated at Berkhamstead School; Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 4th (Territorial) Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), 7.6.1915; Promoted Lieutenant, 1.6.1916; Staff Captain and Brigade Major, 189th Infantry Brigade; served in the 3rd Afghan War, 1919, and was Mentioned in Despatches; Entered Indian Police, 1920; Commandant, North West Frontier Constabulary, 1937-47; present in the Ahmedzai Salient operations, and was Mentioned in Despatches, 1940; Inspector-General of Police, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, 1947-51; Inspector-General of Police, Karachi, Pakistan, 1951-56; received the accolade of knighthood from Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace, 20.10.1953 (London Gazette 1.6.1953). Sir Gilbert Grace died 23.1.1968

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