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The National Pony Society, a 9ct gold award medal by Mappin & Webb, group of four horses and ponies standing by trees, rev. polo player on horseback right, hallmarked London 1937, 44mm, 46.92g. Extremely fine, with clip and ring for suspension; in red fitted case of issue, inscribed [Col. Lord Digby’s 6796 Gina, Royal Show, York, 1948]
£400-500

Provenance: DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1999, lot 773; DNW Auction 51, 4 October 2001, lot 1257.

Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby, KG, DSO, MC (1894-1964), served in the Coldstream Guards in World War I. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1920 and was chairman of the Dorset County Council from 1955 to 1964 and Lord Lieutenant of Dorset between 1952 and 1964. His eldest daughter was the socialite and diplomat Pamela Harriman