Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 4547    Session 14 (4.30pm)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Estimate $750
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $720

TRIO AND GOLD MASONIC JEWEL: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. Lieut L.Logan. 1st Aus.Div.Train.Hqrs on first medal, Lieut. L.Logan. A.I.F. on second and third medals. First medal engraved, other medals impressed. Ribbons damaged, otherwise very fine - extremely fine.

Together with matching set of miniatures; WWI Nearest Female Relative's badge impressed with number 116191; King's Silver War badge, reverse impressed with number A94988 and engraved Lieut. L.Logan; pair of officer's gorget patches (some moth holes); WWI Princess Mary's gift tin; Officer's pips (4) and small uniform buttons (3); RSL badges of two figure type (2); WWII Women of Australia badge with one star reverse with impressed number A91674; Royal Arch Mason 1st Principal jewel in 9ct gold (10.6g) for Moresby Chapter No.51 Q, reverse engraved, 'Pres. to/Ex-Comp. L.Logan/1st Principal/ASA Token of Esteem/From/the Companions/1926-27'; Masonic Lodge jewel in 9ct gold (5.5g), engraved, 'Pres' to/Wor.Bro. L.Logan/By the Bretheren/of the Lodge/ 1935-36'.

Leonard Logan, age 23 salesman, born at Maidstone, Kent, England; previous service, two years AMC (Territorials); Enl.06May1915 to No 3 Aust General Hospital; Emb.15May1915 as private to hospital at Lemnos with MEF Dardanelles; to France 11May1917; trf to Officers' Cadet School, England 24May1918; joined No 5 Officers' Cadet Bn 05Jul1918; 2Lt 02Jan1919; TOS 1 Div Train 08Feb1919; Lt 02Apr1919; RTA 22Nov1919; appt terminated 12Aug1920; Appt as 2Lt 01Sep1920; Lt 01Oct1920; Enl. WWII 27May1940 at Port Moresby; Capt (T) 27May1940 G106/40; Maj(T) 27May1940 G111/40; trf to 1 Papuan Infy Bn; CO 1 Papuan Infy Bn 03May1941; Disch 09Jan1950 ex 1 Papuan Inf Regt.

After WWI Leonard Logan served at Port Moresby as Officer-in-Charge of the Armed Native Constabulary. In the late 1930s he prepared a petition to King George VI that the 'dignity of Royal' be conferred on the Armed Constabulary even though public servants in Canberra were not keen to put this proposal to the King because in all the British Empire there was only one police force allowed the prefix 'Royal' and that was the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. However, when Logan's petition was forwarded to the King it was approved and from July 1939 the Armed Constabluary was re-titled to the Royal Papuan Armed Native Constabulary.

The Moresby Royal Arch Chapter No 51 was consecrated at Port Moresby, New Guinea in 1926. Leonard Logan was the initial Principal of the Chapter which was a branch of the Queensland District of the Lodge.

With research.