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A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press

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№ 265

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26 July 2023

Hammer Price:
£320

The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals worn by Colonel Sir Henry M. W. Gray, Royal Army Medical Corps

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type badge, gold and enamels; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) badge, gold and enamels; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, badge, gold and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn, the last with distressed ribbon, otherwise good very fine (7) £300-£400

K.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1916.

C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1918.

See Lot 264 for Colonel Gray’s full-sized awards.