Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Surgeon Captain T. E. Blunt, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (St. Surg., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr., R.N.); Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, 34 x 34mm., gilt base metal and enamel, some enamel damage, mounted for wear, first three nearly extremely fine (4) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British Groups with Foreign Awards.

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Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class with swords London Gazette 5 June 1917. ‘Staff Surg. Thomas E. Blunt’

Thomas Edward Blunt was born in 1876 and was educated at Epsom College. Qualifying as a M.R.C.S. Eng and L.R.C.P. London, 1903, he served as House Surgeon at Bolingbroke Hospital for a time during 1904. Then entering the Royal Navy, he was appointed a Surgeon in May 1904 and promoted to Staff Surgeon (latterly Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander) on May 1912. During the war he served on the hospital ship Delta, September 1914-January 1915, then on the light cruiser Champion, December 1915-April 1918. The ship was the leader of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla and was present at the battle of Jutland. For his services during the battle he was subsequently awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne 3rd Class with swords.

Blunt was promoted to Surgeon Commander in June 1917 and retired with the rank of Surgeon Captain in August 1926.

With copied service papers, gazette extracts and other research.