Group of 3: Mrs. Elizabeth Cicely Douglas, JP, President Dumbartonshire Branch of the British Red Cross Society
Comprising:
- Defence Medal
- BRCS Society Red Cross Proficiency Medal (E. C. Douglas)
- BRCS Scottish County Branch Presidents Badge & 'Dumbartonshire' bar
Important: The BRCS Proficiency is officially named on reverse
These were the awards of Elizabeth Cicely Douglas (nee de Bunsen) who was the youngest of the remarkable daughters of:
- Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen, 1st Baronet, GCMG, GCVO, CB, PC (8 January 1852 – 21 February 1932)
Whose diplomatic career can be seen at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_de_Bunsen
Elizabeth Cicely de Bunsen (b. 1902) married Captain (later Brigadier-General, 21st & Last 'Laird of Mains') Archibald Vivian Campbell Douglas, Scots Guards in 1927. She is shown in National Register of England & Wales in 1939 as member of BRCS Detachment in London. Post War she was appointed a Justice of the Peace in Dumbartonshire, Scotland.
Some excellent photographs of the recipient can be seen on the internet, for example see below link:
https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/a-society-wedding-between-lieutenant-colonel-archibald-vivian-campbell-douglas-and-elizabeth-cicely-de-bunsen-the-bridegroom-is-from-mains-laraich-aberfoyle/MEV-10410372
Condition: All enamel intact about EF
Code: 21426