Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant-Commander The Hon. J. R. B. Balfour, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1914-15 Star (Lieut. The Hon. J. R. B. Balfour. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. The Hon. J. R. B. Balfour. R.N.V.R.) good very fine (3) £250-300

John Ramsay Blair Balfour was born on 21 September 1881, third son of John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross; educated Cheltenham and Balliol College, Oxford, 3rd Class B.A. modern history 1904; oarsman-cox of the Eights. Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R., 7 July 1915; Armoured Car Aeroplane support (R.N.A.S.); served France, Belgium, Russia; entitled Order of St Stanislaus, 3rd Class; Temporary Lieutenant-Commander, 10 January 1918.