23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3029
A First/Second World War CBE Group of Eleven Medals, awarded to Captain John Arthur Miller, Royal Navy, comprising CBE (Mily) Collar Badge in Garrard & Co Ltd case of issue, 1914-15 Star (ASST.CLK.),British War Medal and Victory Medal (PAYR.S. LT.),1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, War Medal with MID oak leaf, Croix de Guerre and Legion d'Honneur, together with research material including National Archives records
Footnote:- John Miller was decorated five times for his war-time naval service. He was mentioned in despatches first as Paymaster Commander serving on HMS Devonshire for good services in the withdrawal of troops from the Namsos Area; second for Devotion to duty and good services as a Liason Officer with Free French Forces; CBE for distinguished service during the invasion of the South of France (Operation Dragoon); in 1947 he was granted unrestricted permission to wear the insignia of the Norwegian 'Commander of the Royal Order of St. Olav', possibly for the evacuation of the Norwegian Royal Family on board HMS Devonshire between 4th and 10th October 1940; in 1948 he was appointed Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur for his services as Military Secretary to C-in-C Mediterranean to the French Navy
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £500 - £600
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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