Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Viscount Byng of Vimy Governor General of Canada Presentation Medal, 51mm, bronze, the obverse with co-joined busts of Lord and Lady Byng, the reverse with the Byng coat of arms, extremely fine

Lord Tweedsmuir Governor General of Canada Presentation Medal, 51mm, bronze, the obverse with co-joined busts of Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir, the reverse with the Tweedsmuir coat of arms, in Mappin & Webb, London, fitted case of issue, with embossed ‘T’ surmounted by a Baron’s coronet on the lid, extremely fine (2) £100-£140

Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy served as the 12th Governor-General of Canada from August 1921 to October 1926.

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, the well-known author, served as the 15th Governor-General of Canada from November 1935 to February 1940, dying in office.