Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War C.I.E., Second War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain A. H. Wilson, Royal Irish Fusiliers, later Military Accounts Department, who served as Field Controller of Military Accounts in Iraq during the Second World War, and later as Military Account-General, Government of India

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, the case is somewhat disintegrated condition; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, with lid of Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. H. Wilson. R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. H. Wilson); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. A. H. Wilson, M.A. Dept.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn; and the recipients riband bar, this lacking the riband for the CIE, generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400

C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1947: Arthur Henry Wilson, Esq., O.B.E., Military Accountant-General, Government of India.

O.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942: Arthur Henry Wilson, Esq., Field Controller of Military Accounts in Iraq.

Arthur Henry Wilson was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 15 August 1914, and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 5th Garrison Battalion, attached Military Department, and thence to the Military Accounts Department, and saw further service during the Third Afghan War in the rank of Captain.

Sold with the Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., dated 11 June 1942, with Central Chancery enclosure.