A WW2 & Post War M.B.E, Serving Sister of the Order of St John, V.M.S. Medal Group awarded to Staff-Officer Mrs J. Best, H.Q. Hospital Welfare Dept, B.R.C.S.

Juie Noreen Best was born during 1904 at Hailsham, Sussex. She married Jacob Percy Best at Battle, Sussex, during 1927. During WW1 he served as a Captain in the 1st Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment serving on the Western Front from May 1917.

Juie served with the British Red Cross Society and was awarded the M.B.E (London Gazette 1st January 1958) whilst serving as a Staff Officer at Headquarters Hospital Welfare Department. Her Serving Sister of the Order of St John is a 4th type, indicating it was awarded between 1948 and 1973.

The medals are mounted as originally worn, sold with copied research, and are as follows -

Member of the Order of the British Empire, 2nd Type, Civil Division, Breast Badge, unnamed as issued; Serving Sister of the Order of St John, 4th Type, Lady’s Breast Badge Bow, unnamed as issued; WW2 Defence Medal, unnamed as issued; Voluntary Medical Service Medal with 2nd award bar, MRS. JUIE. N. BEST; British Red Cross Society enamel badge

Condition, some chipping to the enamel of the Order of St John, otherwise good very fine