The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, CBE (Military) Commanders 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Garrard, London, case of issue, WW2 Defence & War Medals unnamed as issued, General Service clasps Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Near East & Cyprus named LT COL J M GREEN MBE RE. Mounted as worn.
Sold with the recipient’s silver identity bracelet; various riband bars and rank and unit insignia; named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the M.B.E.; and a photographic image of the recipient.
John Michael Green was born in Lancashire on 19 June 1904, and was commissioned second lieutenant, General List, on 16 March 1942. Posted to the Royal Engineers, he served with them during the latter stages of the Second World War, and then throughout the immediate post-War years. He retired on 16 March 1962, and was granted the honorary rank of brigadier. He died in Surrey on 16 January 1989.
MBE London Gazette 1st Jan 1946 & CBE London Gazette 13 June 1957.