Conspicuous Service Cross, E.VII.R., an un-issued award by Garrard, hallmarked London 1912, good very fine and very rare £2500-3000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals (The Property of a Gentleman).

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Only eight awards of the C.S.C. were made, all to officers of the Royal Navy, for services in South Africa, China and Somaliland in the period 1901-04. In October 1914 the Cross was re-designated ‘The Distinguished Service Cross’ and thereafter issued with the cypher of King George V.