A post-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain E. T. Clark, Royal Berkshire Regiment

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, with Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (5) £140-£180

M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1964: ‘Edward Thomas Clark, Esq., Member representing Oxfordshire, National Savings Assembly.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 19 July 1945:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’

Edward Thomas Clark was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 1 March 1941.

Sold with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, named to ‘Lieutenant E. T. Clark, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) and dated 19 July 1945; a copy of the Supplement to the London Gazette of 17 July 1945, dated 19 July 1945; and the fragment of a Government Publications address label, addressed to ‘Captain E. T. Clark, R. Berks.’