Auction Catalogue

27 & 28 June 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 431 x

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28 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£750

An Honorary L.V.O. group of five awarded to Mrs Vigdis Bjarnadottir, Office of the President of Iceland
The Royal Victorian Order, L.V.O., Lieutenant’s lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘L107’, mounted ‘bow and tails’, in Collingwood, London case of issue; Denmark, Order of the Dannebrog, Margaret II issue, Knight’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on bow ribbon, in Michelsen, Copenhagen case of issue; Luxembourg, Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolphe of Nassau, Officer’s breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel, rosette on ribbon, with lapel rosette, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris case of issue; Spain, Order of Civil Merit, Lady Commander’s shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with rosette and mounted ‘bow and tails’, with lapel rosette, in Cejalvo, Madrid case of issue; Luxembourg, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck badge, gilt base metal and enamel, with neck cravat and lapel rosette, in case of issue, extremely fine (5) £750-850

With original bestowal documents of all five orders. Honorary L.V.O. awarded 25 June 1990; Order of the Dannebrog awarded on 25 February 1981 to the recipient as a Secretary; Order of Adolphe of Nassau awarded on 9 June 1986 as ‘Head of Division, Office of the President of Iceland’; Spanish Order of Civil Merit awarded on 23 June 1989; Luxembourg Order of Merit awarded on 10 September 1990 as ‘Chief of Division, Office of the President’. Together with a copy of The Statutes of the Royal Victorian Order, with an associated compliment slip from the British Ambassador.