The C.B.E. group of eleven medals to Captain (later Rear Admiral) James F. Figgins

The C.B.E. group of eleven medals to Captain (later Rear Admiral) James F. Figgins, Royal Navy: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander's neck badge (military), 2nd type, cased, extremely fine; Naval General Service 1909-62, clasp: Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (MATE. J. FIGGINS, R.N. H.M.S. SWIFTSURE); 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal (LIEUT. J. FIGGINS. R.N.); 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence, British War 1939-45, Jubilee 1935, Coronation 1937, the last ten mounted for wearing, good very fine; with two sets of dress miniatures, one including the C.B.E. and WWII Awards, the other earlier; together with an Admiralty pin badge, an H.M.S. Firedrake tug-of-war prize fob (Harwich Forces 1916), and a quantity of associated ephemera.

C.B.E. New Year Honours 1942

The first officer to be promoted Captain via the Rank of Mate (ref. www.dreadnoughtproject.org )