£500
WWI group of six, Order of St John of Jerusalem Serving Sister's shoulder badge, engraved to reverse St John's Gate Clerkenwell 16 1915-19.3.1916, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Coronation Medal 1902, St John Ambulance Brigade bronze medal and Coronation Medal 1911, T Bowser V A D [on pair, T Bowser N S on Coronation, Nurs. Sister T Bowser on St John Ambulance Brigade], miniature Order of St John of Jerusalem, engraved as above and two books by the recipient Sister Thekla Bowser - The Whole Art of Bandaging, 1914 and The Story of British V.A.D. Work in The Great War, 1917, with copied photograph and documents
Provenance: Norman Gooding Collection, Dix Noonan and Webb, 17 January 2024, lot 66
Ida Thekla Bowser (1873-1919) of the Voluntary Aid Detachment was born in Marylebone, the daughter of John Carrick Bowser. She died of injuries received while nursing in France, 11 January 1919. Hastings Cemetary, Sussex.
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