Orders, Decorations and Medals

Captain Sir Edward Headlam, C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., F.R.G.S., Royal Indian Navy
Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Star of India; Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; China 1900; Naval General Service 1915-62; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1911, ribbons a little faded, fairly good condition £20-30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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Edward James Headlam was born in 1873 and educated at Durham School and H.M.S. Conway. He entered the Royal Indian Navy as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1894 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900 and Commander in 1913. Headlam served with the Marine Survey of India, 1897-1914 and was Assistant Marine Transport Officer, British Expeditionary Force, North China, 1900-01, for which he was mentioned in despatches. During the Great War he was Naval Transport Officer, East African Forces, 1914-17; then Principal Naval Transport Officer, South and East Africa, 1917-19. For his services he was specially promoted to Captain, four times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1916 and C.M.G. in 1919. Post-war he was Director of the Royal Indian Marine, 1922-28 and was awarded the C.S.I. in 1924. Additionally awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal in 1900 for saving the life of a Sepoy who had fallen overboard from the transport Wandha off Taku; also the American Military Order of the Dragon. Captain Headlam died in 1943.

With copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.