Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 2nd December 2025

Lot 4

A B.E.M. group of three medals to Mrs Barbarina Helen Seaton Arnould, B.E.M., Women's Royal

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £191

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Description

A B.E.M. group of three medals to Mrs Barbarina Helen Seaton Arnould, B.E.M., Women's Royal Voluntary Service: The Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service (British Empire Medal), George VI, GRI cypher (BARBARINA, MRS ARNOUD), impressed in plain capitals, edge gashed through title, otherwise about extremely fine; Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, small nicks to rim, otherwise about extremely fine; Women's Royal Voluntary Service Long Service Medal, with Long Service Bar, unnamed as issued, about extremely fine. [3]



Barbarina Helen Seaton Dury was born in London in 1889. She married Francis Graham Arnould in 1913 and later lived with him in Battle in Kent (see lot 2). In 1939 she became involved in war work and was listed then as District Organiser W.V.S. for Battle, Sussex. She was awarded the B.E.M. in the New Year's Honours of 1945 as Centre Organiser, Battle Rural District, Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence.