Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin

A fine Royal Household Faithful Service Medal group of twenty-four awarded to Cyril Hailey, Page of the Backstairs

Defence; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., silver; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., suspension dated ‘1924-1944’, 2 clasps, Thirty Years, Forty Years (Hailey, Cyril) mounted court style as worn, last with minor edge bruise; the following unmounted: Belgium, Royal Household Medal, Baudouin I, gilt, with crown; Denmark, King’s Medal of Recompense, Christian X, silver, with crown; Denmark, King’s Medal of Recompense, Frederick IX, silver, with crown; Ethiopia, Medal of Merit, silvered bronze; France, Medal of Honour (3), silver-gilt; another, silver; another, with swords, bronze; Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit, Medal, enamelled, with lapel bow; Greece, Order of George I, Commemorative Cross, silver-gilt; Iran, Order of Homayoun, Medal, silver base metal; Iraq, Merit Decoration, silver base metal; Italy, Republic, Visit to London Medal 1958, silver base metal; Liberia, Merit Medal, gilt; Nepal, Order of Gorkha-Dakshin-Bahu, Medal, silver, with gilt brooch bar; Netherlands, Royal Family Order, Medal of Merit, silver; Norway, Royal Household Medal, Olav V, silver-gilt, with crown; Portugal, Visit to London Medal 1955, silver-gilt; Thailand, Order of the Crown, Medal, silver-gilt; together with a Presentation Cigarette Case, by Cartier, 127 x 85mm., silver with gilt interior, hallmarks for London 1960, lid bearing a crowned ‘E.II.R.’ cypher in gold, lid interior inscribed, ‘To Hailey from Elizabeth R and Philip 1st Jan 1924 - 31st Dec 1963’, contained in fitted Cartier red leather case bearing the cypher ‘E.II.R., good very fine and better (25) £1600-2000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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