Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A scarce Third Afghan War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain J. D. Green, 24th North Western Railway Battalion, Indian Defence Force, late Volunteer Rifles

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. J. D. Green Railways); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Lieutenant J. D. Green. N.W. Ry Voltr. Rifles) engraved naming; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R. (Captn. J. D. Green 2/24th. N. W. Ry. Bn. I.D.F.) with integral top riband bar; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R (Lieutenant J. D. Green. 1st Bn. N.W. Ry. Voltrs.); Earl of Elgin’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1894, the obverse featuring conjoined busts of Lord and Lady Elgin; the reverse featuring Lord Elgin’s coat of Arms, 51mm, silver, unnamed as issued, in case of issue; North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles Medal, 38mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Company Championship 1905-6 Sergt J D Green’, in case of issue, the first four mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £700-£900

O.B.E. London Gazette 5 April 1921: John Dale Green, Esq., District Traffic Superintendent, Rawalpindi
‘For services during the Operations against Afghanistan.’

John Dale Green was advanced Captain, 24th North Western Railway Battalion, Indian Defence Force, on 1 April 1917.