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  <dc:title>Documents relating to RAF and OBE</dc:title>
  <dc:description> - Embroidered R.A.F. badge. Another embroidered badge. 
 - Photograph of three priests and an R.A.F. chaplain. 
 - Letter from T.J. Bligh asking whether Fr Blake would accept the offer to be appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. 
 - Document from the Secretary of State for Air informing of the King's Order for Fr Blake's name to be published in the London Gazette on 1 January 1946 for distinguished service. 
 - Letter recommending Fr Blake for an Order of the British Empire, and a letter from HT Smith appointing Fr Blake with an OBE for his services to the Royal Airforce.
 - Royal Airforce church services for Rememberance Sunday and memorials for deceased ex-servicemen.
 - Booklet of Statutes of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
 - Letter from Elizabeth II granting Fr Blake an O.B.E. 
 - Elaborately illustrated document from the Catholic Chaplains, Officers, Airmen and Women of the Royal Airforce congratulating Fr Blake on his 50th anniversary as a Jesuit and thanking him for his service to the R.A.F. as chaplain and retreat master.
 - OBE medal
 -Set of 5 medals on ribbons including The France and Germany Star, The 1939-1945 Star, The Defence Medal and War Medal 1939 to 1945</dc:description>
  <dc:date>Mid 20th century-Late 20th century</dc:date>
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