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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 38

The Great War M.B.E. Attributed to Mr. H. Topham, Assistant Inspector of Steel, Admiralty The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Civil Division, Member´s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver (Hallmarks for London 1917), extremely fine, in Garrard, London, case of issue, with the following prize medals: - Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bt., Scholarship Medal, by A. Wyon, bronze, the obverse featuring a bust portrait of Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bt.; the reverse featuring a high powered calliper machine, able to measure to the nearest one millionth of an inch, the edge inscribed ´Harry Topham, 1901.´, in fitted case of issue - Bradford Mechanics Institute Brown´s Prize Medal, silver, the obverse featuring a portrait of Henry Brown, Esq., the reverse inscribed ´Bradford Mechanics Institute Presented to Harry Topham by the Council of the above Institute for Excellence in Higher Mathematics. Sep. 24. 1901.´, in fitted case of issue - Two South Kensington Board of Education Science Proficiency Medals, by G.W. de Saulles, bronze, the obverse featuring a crowned bust portrait of Edward VII, the edges inscribed ´Harry Topham. Practical Plane & Solid Geometry, 1905.´ and ´Harry Topham. Steam, 1905.´ respectively, both in fitted cases of issue (5) Estimate £ 120-150 M.B.E. London Gazette 7.6.1918 Harry Topham, Esq., Assistant Inspector of Steel, Admiralty. Mr. Harry Topham, M.B.E., (1881-1950), born Horton, Bradford; appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services in connection with the War, June 1918, and received his award from H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace, 17.12.1918.

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