Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sarawak, Government Service Long Service Decoration, Vyner Brooke Rajah, silver, unnamed, extremely fine, rare £200-£240

Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (1874-1963) succeeded his father, Sir Charles Johnson Brooke, in 1917 as the third and last ‘White Rajah’ of Sarawak. He abdicated in 1946 when Sarawak was ceded to Britain as a Crown Colony. The state gained its independence on 22 July 1963, and on 16 September 1963 it was admitted into the Federation of Malaysia.