Lot Archive

Lot

№ 420

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12 June 1991

Estimate: £600–£800

A fine League of Mercy group to the Duchess of Norfolk.

DEFENCE MEDAL; CORONATION 1911; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL SERVICE MEDAL, silver with four extra long service clasps, (The Duchess of Norfolk); ORDER OF THE LEAGUE OF MERCY, silver gilt and enamel badge with extra long service bar in gilt and enamel; Belgium, REINE ELIZABETH MEDAL 1914-18; Vatican, ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM, Grand Cross set of insignia by Tanfani & Bertarelli, Rome, Badge, silver gilt and enamel, suspended from gilt bow with enamelled cross at centre; star, silver with gilt and enamel centre, the badge with considerable enamel damage. Unless otherwise described, the group good very fine (9)

Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan Howard (1877-1945), Baroness Heines, Duchess of Norfolk, 12th in line to the throne. Daughter of 11th Baron Heines, she married in 1904, 15th Duke of Norfolk, K.G., who died in 1917.