Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Sikkim 1888 (Lieut. F. G. Smallwood No. 9/1 N.D. R.A.) mounted as worn, toned, very fine and scarce £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Four guns of 9/1 Northern Division Royal Artillery present on this campaign, the entire expedition under the command of Colonel T. Graham, R.A.

Major Frank Graham Smallwood was Ordnance Officer at Agra and was appointed M.V.O. Fourth Class on 19 December 1905. He was promoted to Commander in the same Order on 12 December 1911, in recognition of his services as Ordnance Officer, ‘On Deputation with Coronation Durbar Camp Delhi’.

Sold with original Warrant for both C.V.O. and M.V.O. together with their respective covering letters of appointment from the Secretary of the Order, Privy Purse Office, Buckingham Palace, with envelope addressed to the ‘Ordnance Department, Simla, India’.