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Dealer in British & Commonwealth Orders, Decorations, & Medals Member of the OMRS & OMSA Telephone: (U.K.)
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Ten Lt. Col. Sir Anthony G.R. Rouse KCMG. OBE. Intelligence Corps and H.M. Diplomatic Service. Order of St. Michael and St. George - Knight Commander (K.C.M.G.) Neck Badge and Breast Star. Order of the British Empire - Officer (O.B.E.) 2nd type Military. 1939-45, Africa and Italy Stars. Defence and War Medals. Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 Coronation Medal 1953 Efficiency Medal “Territorial” Geo. V1 2nd type. Major A.G.R. Rouse. Intelligence Corps. Recipient joined H.A.C. 1935. R.A. (T) 1938. 2/Lieut 1940. Transferred to Intelligence Corps and served M.E.F. and C.M.F. on staff of 3rd corps (commendation). Lt. Colonel 1944. Entered Foreign Service 1946. First Secretary (information) Athens, 1946. Foreign Office 1949. British Embassy, Moscow 1952-54. Counsellor 1955. Office of U.K. High Commissioner, Canberra, 1955-57. H.M. Inspector of Foreign Service Establishments 1957-59. Counsellor (information) British Embassy, Bonn, 1959-62. British Deputy Commandant, Berlin 1962-64. H.M. Minister British Embassy, Rome, 1964-66. Consul-General New York 1966-71. K.C.M.G. - 1969 O.B.E. - L/G 21-6-1945 - “Has been G.S.O. 2/3 Corps for the past fifteen months. His work during this time, which includes operations in Cos and Leros in Sept. 1943 and the whole period of the present operations in Greece has been of the highest order. He has worked unsparingly and with the utmost loyalty, and has invariably proved that he is an officer of outstanding qualities in his branch of the service”. (NEF) £2550 |
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Five Distinguished Flying Cross. D.F.C. Dated 1945. 1939-45 and France & Germany Stars. Defence and War Medals. - Together with bronze medallion, 2½” diameter - N.A.T.O. Defence College, named Wing Commander J.G. Calvert. An attractive piece in original leather case. L/G 22-5-1945 - Fg. Off. J.G. Calvert No. 640 Sqn, RAF Leconfield. - “On the night of 2nd Feb 1945, this captain was detailed to attack Dusseldorf, and during the bombing run his aircraft was attacked by a J.U.88. In spite of this, Fg. Off. Calvert was determined to hold the same course, in order to allow the bomb aimer to release his bombs on the objective. The decision on the part of the pilot to disregard the danger of fighter attack called for the highest degree of fortitude and determination to successfully conclude his mission. Once again, on the night of the 17th Dec 1944, the target being Duisburg, this captain’s aircraft was attacked by an enemy night fighter a few miles from the target, and a running fight followed, with the result that the enemy aircraft was claimed as destroyed. Although considerable height was lost during the combat, Fg. Off Calvert settled down to a bombing run and it was not until his bombs had found their objective that the pilot set course for base. The above are but two of the instances where this officer has shown the utmost disregard for his personal safety, placing the satisfactory completion of his mission before all other considerations. He has also led his squadron on daylight attacks to the most heavily defended Ruhr cities, displaying leadership and courage of the highest order”. Recipient joined the R.A.F. in 1941, and in September 1942 commenced flying training in Canada. After qualifying and passing through O.T.U. he was posted to R.A.F. Leconfield, 640 Sqn., flying Halifax bombers, and flew on 32 “Ops” over most of the main targets in Germany. After the war he flew Hastings on the Berlin Airlift, and then had tours of duty with Transport Command and Flying Training Command instructing on Meteor Jet. In 1961 he was posted to Germany where he was seconded to the Luftwaffe and instructed German pilots. In 1971 he attended the NATO Defence College in Rome for six months, and then went to NATO’s Southern Europe H.Q. in Naples. He returned to England in 1975 and retired in 1976. With the medals are five pilots flying log books covering the period September 1942 to March 1965, original photograph of recipient and his crew and ground crew in front of his aircraft, his original R.A.F. identity car(1250), and his original RAF instrument pilot rating (green) card, together with an original photo of his Halifax bomber. Medals mounted as worn. (NEF) £2800 |
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EF = Extremely Fine, in an almost unworn condition. NEF = Nearly Extremely Fine. GVF = Good Very Fine. VF = Very Fine, slight wear on the high points of the design, surface marks from contact. NVF = Nearly Very Fine. GF = Good Fine. F = Fine, slight wear overall, surface marks and perhaps edge knocks. |
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Military Medals Dealer
Based in the U.K.
"We are always interested in buying British related
medals"
Telephone: (U.K.) 01553 840350
Fax: 01553 841118
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