Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Royal Warrant Holders’ Association Medals worn by J. H. Whitehorn, Esq., M.V.O., Head of Messrs Collingwood, Court Jewellers, and sometime President of the Royal Warrant Holders’ Association

Royal Warrant Holders’ Association President’s Medal, G.V.R., gold, the reverse engraved ‘Joseph H. Whitehorn, Esq.’, with ‘President 1913’ riband bar, with neck riband; V.R. Jubilee cypher badge, silver-gilt; Royal Warrant Holders’ Association Diamond Jubilee Medal 1897, silver-gilt, the reverse engraved ‘J. H. Whitehorn’, with integral top ‘1837 - V.R.I. - 1897’ riband bar; Royal Warrant Holders’ Association Medal, E.VII.R., silver-gilt, the reverse engraved ‘Joseph H. Whitehorn’; Royal Warrant Holders’ Association Medal, G.V.R., silver-gilt, the reverse engraved ‘J. H. Whitehorn’, the last four mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine and a rare set (5) £600-£800

Spink, November 1999 (when sold alongside the recipient’s M.V.O., Coronation 1902 and 1911, and Special Constabulary medals).

Joseph Hammond Whitehorn was born on 9 May 1861 and served as head of Messrs Collingwood, Court Jewellers, until his retirement in 1929. He was President of the Royal Warrant Holders’ Association in 1913, and served during the Great War as a Special Constable. A Member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, he was Prime Warden during the year 1932-33. Appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1931, he died on 24 November 1935.