Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ten: Temporary Captain W. S. Baillie Hamilton, General List, late Lay Staff, Auxiliary Hospital Unit, Antwerp

1914 Star (W. S. Baillie Hamilton,Lay Staff, Aux. Hosp. Unit, Antwerp); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut.W. S. B. Hamilton); Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937, these unnamed; France, Legion of Honour, 5th Class, silver, gold and enamel; Belgium, Order of the Crown, 5th Class, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, bronze palm on ribbon; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher, mounted for wear, some enamel damage, nearly very fine and better, rare (10) £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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Walter Start Baillie Hamiliton was born in Middlesex on 9 August 1880, the 2nd son of the barrister Sir William Alexander Hamilton, K.C.M.G., C.B. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war war in September 1914 as a member of the Lay Staff of the British Field Hospital in Belgium and the Auxiliary Hospital Unit, Antwerp. He was later commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on the General List and served with the French Red Cross. Mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 July 1919 (Haig, France)) and awarded the French Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre and Belgian Order of the Crown and Croix de Guerre (foreign awards not confirmed). He relinquished his commission whilst retaining the rank of Captain in 1920. With copied birth certificate, m.i.c. and service papers. His 1914 Star awarded under Admiralty authority.