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Auction: 4004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 13

An O.B.E. and Scarce Delhi Durbar Group of Five to Paymaster Commander A.S. Holborn, Royal Navy Order of the British Empire, Member's breast Badge (M.B.E.), Miltary Division, 1st type, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919); 1914-15 Star (Asst. Payr. A.S. Holborn, R.N); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Lt.); Delhi Durbar, 1911, mounted as worn, extremely fine (5) Estimate £ 280-320 O.B.E. London Gazette 11.8.1919 'For services rendered as Secretary to Commodore, Hong Kong.' Paymaster Commander Arthur Savory Holborn, 1886, entered Royal Navy 1904; Paymaster Midshipman 1905; during the Great War served in H.M.S. King Edward VII from June 1914 to January 1916, until she was mined off Scotland en route to Belfast 6.1.1916; in H.M.S. Dreadnought from July to November 1916; advanced to Paymaster Lieutenant Commander 1917; Paymaster Commander 1925; retired 1927.

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