Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant Sir Charles J. Jessel, Bt., 15th/19th Hussars, who was Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, all privately named ‘Lt. C. J. Jessel’, court-mounted for wear, laquered, good very fine (4) £60-£80

M.I.D. London Gazette: 8 November 1945:
‘For gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe’.

Sir Charles John Jessel, Bt., was born at Goudhurst, Kent, on 29 December 1924, the son of Sir George Jessel, Bt., M.C., and Muriel Jessel, the daughter of Colonel J. W. Chaplin, V.C., and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, General List, on 20 August 1944, he served in the Second World War with 15th/19th Hussars, was promoted War Substantive Lieutenant on 20 February 1945, and was Mentioned in Despatches. In civilian life he was a Justice of the Peace and held several important positions within the National Farmers Union, and other bodies.