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The unique M.B.E. group of ten medals to Acting Warrant Armourer F.J. Carter, R.N.: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member's 1st type breast badge, military, hallmarked London 1919; British War Medal 1914-20 (W.T. ARM. F.J. CARTER. R.N.); Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (147655 F.J. CARTER, CH. ARMOURER, H.M.S. VIVID.); Khedive's Sudan Medal, no clasp (F.J. CARTER. H.M.S. MELITA. 1896.), engraved in plan capitals; Greece, Royal Order of the Redeemer, 5th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Greece, Royal Order of George I, 5th class breast badge, silver and enamel; Greece, Medal of Military Merit, 1916, 4th Class; Greco-Turkish War Medal 1912-13, no clasp; Greco-Bulgarian War Medal 1913, no clasp; Greece, Victory Medal 1918, official type; accompanied by an associated set of dress miniatures (lacking the order of St George and including the British issue Victory Medal rather than the Greek). Some damage to the enamel of the Order of the Redeemer, otherwise good very fine. Offered with research. The recipient saw action in the Dongola Expedition of 1896, before being pensioned ashore. He was next permitted to transfer to the Royal Hellenic Navy as a Sub. Lieutenant, and saw action in H.H.M.S. Averof in various battles of the wars with Turkey and Bulgaria, following which he was employed at the Salonika dockyard. Exempted from mobilization on the outbreak of war in 1914, he remained employed in Greece, and formed part of the British Naval Mission to Greece. M.B.E. L.G.: 17/07/19 'For valuable services with the British Naval Mission to Greece.' Read more »