Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. pair attributed to Miss Lilian A. Stroud, Inland Revenue

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband; Coronation 1953, on lady’s bow riband, very fine (2) £80-£120

M.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1951: ‘Miss Lilian Ann Stroud, Controller of Typists, Board of Inland Revenue.’

Sold with the following original documentation:
The recipient’s M.B.E. warrant, dated 7 June 1951; letter from the Board Room of the Inland Revenue congratulating Miss Stroud on her Honour, dated 7 June 1951; letter from Hugh Gaitskell, Chancellor of the Exchequer, congratulating Miss Stroud on her M.B.E. appointment, dated 8 June 1951; M.B.E. recommendation letter from 10 Downing Street, dated 9 May 1951, and her letter of reply, dated 10 May 1951; and named Buckingham Palace certificate for the Coronation Medal 1953.