Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 30th May 2024

Lot 3

An O.B.E. group of four awards to 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Anderson, Royal Garrison Artillery and

Estimate £50 - £100 | Hammer £353

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Description

An O.B.E. group of four awards to 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Anderson, Royal Garrison Artillery and Merchant Navy: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military division), Officer's breast badge; British War Medal 1914-20 (2. LIEUT. A. ANDERSON.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (ALEXANDER ANDERSON); Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. A. ANDERSON.); display mounted, very fine and better. [4]



(36mm diameter of round medals)

An old collector’s note glued to the back of the ribbons attributes the group to Captain Alexander Anderson RGA who was a mining engineer and was attached to the Munitions Inventions Department and was later the Director of an anti-submarine experimental group under the Admiralty. This attribution has not been confirmed.