Orders, Decorations and Medals

An R.V.M. group of ten awarded to Harold William Halcoop, Sergeant-Farrier at the Royal Mews

Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, silver; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, silver; Coronation 1937, silver; Coronation 1953, silver; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., suspension dated, ‘1930-1950’ (Halcoop, Harold W.); Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit, Medal of the Order, gilt and enamel; Iraq, Kingdom, Order of El-Rafidain, Medal of the Order, silver base metal; Sweden, Royal Household Medal, Gustaf VI, silver; Italy, Republic, Medal for the Visit to London 1958, bronze, mounted court style for wear, generally extremely fine (10) £600-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Medals to Members of the Royal Household.

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Harold William Halcoop was born in 1901 and entered the service of King George V on 17 March 1930. During the war he served with the Windsor Castle Home Guard. Halcoop was awarded the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal as a Shoeing Smith in March 1950. Awarded the R.V.M. in Silver on 12 June 1958 as a Sergeant-Farrier at the Royal Mews.

With bestowal documents for the Royal Victorian Medal in silver; Jubilee Medal 1935; Coronation Medal 1937; Coronation Medal 1953; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R.; together with Buckingham Palace ‘Permission to Wear’ documents for the Swedish Royal Household Medal (1954); Iraqi Order of El Rafidain Medal (1956); Italian Visit to London Medal (1958); also with two copied photographs of Halcoop at work.