Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War O.B.E. pair awarded to C. Culpin, Esq., Chief Machinery Advisory Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; together with an International Fair for Farming Equipment, Paris, medallion, silver-gilt (128.73g), silver marks to edge, the reverse engraved ‘A Monsieur C. Culpin’, in fitted case, scratches to reverse of last, otherwise extremely fine (3) £140-£180

O.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1960: Claude Culpin, Esq., Chief Machinery Advisory Officer, National Agricultural Advisory Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Sold together with a copy of the Statutes of the Order of the British Empire, dated 1957; together with two Central Chancery letters regarding the award of the O.B.E., both named to the recipient.