An Inter-War K.C.B., Great War C.M.G. Group of Seven to Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Chambers, Royal Navy, Who Served as a Staff Surgeon in the "Pearl" off South Africa and Latterly Was Director-General of the Navy's Medical Department

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An Inter-War K.C.B., Great War C.M.G. Group of Seven to Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Chambers, Royal Navy, Who Served as a Staff Surgeon in the "Pearl" off South Africa and Latterly Was Director-General of the Navy's Medical Department

(a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander's (K.C.B.), Military Division, set of insignia, comprising neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast Star, silver, with gold and enamel appliqu centre
(b) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion's (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel
(c) Queen's South Africa, no clasp (St. Surgeon, R.N., H.M.S. Pearl)
(d) 1914-15 Star (Ft. Surg., M.B., B.A., R.N.)
(e) British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Commr., R.N.), (a) and (b) slightly chipped in places, generally good very fine, together with related Dress Miniatures (13)

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Sold with a quantity of original documents, including several official invitations and programmes, a portrait photograph and two Russo-Japanese War postcards, one of the latter signed by a Japanese Admiral.

Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Champers, K.C.B., C.M.G., was the distinguished Medical Director of the Royal Navy from 1923 to 1927. Irish born and educated, he entered the Royal Navy as Surgeon in 1889. He served on H.M.S. Pearl when that ship was off South Africa from 17.4.1902, and as an Operating Surgeon at the R.N. Hospital, Chatham during the Great War.