A fine Collection of Medals to Members of the Royal Household

An impressive R.V.M. group of eleven awarded to William Jonathan Blane, Second Clerk of the Kitchen to Queen Victoria, latterly a Gentleman Porter

Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., silver, unnamed; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, V.R. with additional ‘10 year bar (To Wm. Jonathan Blane, Second Clerk of the Kitchen for Faithful Services to the Queen during 29 Years 1890); Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, bronze; Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, Medal of the Order, 2nd type, silver; Norway, King’s Commemoration Medal, with crown, Haakon, VII, gold; Spain, Order of Naval Merit, Silver Cross, silver; Italy, Royal Service Medal, Vittorio Emanuel III, gold; Portugal, Coronation Medal 1889, silvered; Sweden, Royal Household Medal, with crown, Gustaf V, silver-gilt; Württemberg, Medal of Merit, Wilhelm II, silver, mounted court style for wear, some with contact marks, very fine and better (11) £1800-2200

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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William Jonathan Blane was born in 1836. He entered the service of Queen Victoria as a Footman on 3 February 1861. He was appointed 3rd Clerk of the Kitchen in 1883 and 2nd Clerk in 1890. He was awarded the Faithful Service Medal of Queen Victoria in 1890 and awarded the bar ten years later. In 1902 he was appointed Principal Gentleman Porter. Blane was awarded the R.V.M. in Silver on 2 August 1910; he retired from Royal Service the same year. He died on 13 November 1915 at 1 Balmoral Villas, New Road, Windsor.

With sealed document of appointment as Footman, 3 February 1861 and bestowal documents for the Italian Royal Service Medal in gold (1904); the Württemberg medal (1904), and Spanish Order of Naval Merit (1906).