A Fine Second World War North-West Europe Auction Archive the maker mark in silver

the maker mark in silver ink with some of the type visible but most of it has faded with time and wear

this is evident on many high grade Austrian Imperial Orders at the Austrian War Museum in Vienna

measuring 36

Police eagle emblem with outstretched wings

Owing to the very fine qualities of leadership shown

A Fine Second World War North-West Europe Auction Archive the maker mark in silveroperations C. B. E., Great War M. C. group of twelve awarded to Brigadier W. A. S. Turner, Royal Artillery: having seen almost four years of continuous active service in the 1914 18 War, he was gassed and evacuated with shell shock, but rose to senior rank in the 1939 45 War as Deputy Chief of Public Relations at S. H. A. E. F., when he was credited with master minding the success of the Allied Film and Photographic Sections in North West Europe 1944