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№ 558

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8 September 2015

Hammer Price:
£850

A mounted group of fifteen miniature dress medals attributed to General Sir Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey, K.C.B., K.B.E., C.M.G., D.S.O., The Queen’s Regiment.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamel, replacement ring suspension; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael & St. George, silver-gilt and enamel, ring suspension, enamel damage; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold and enamel, enamel damage to reverse centre; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Rel. of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; France, Legion of Honour, 4th Class, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette of ribbon; Belgium, Order of the Crown, 4th Class, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Italy, Order of St. Maurice & St. Lazarus, with crown, silver-gilt and enamel, crown detached; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, mounted court style as worn, some other enamel damage additional to that stated above, generally very fine (15) £200-260