23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3039
A Set of Four Foreign Orders, awarded to Miss Jean Elizabeth Taylor, who later became Dame Jean Dowling and who was Chief Clerk of the Private Secretary's Office, comprising:- the Order of Dannebrog Knight (Ridder) to a lady, with bow and rosette, the suspender ring stamped 925S, in case of issue; Greek Order of Welfare, silver, in case of issue; Siamese and Thailand Order of the White Elephant in silver gilt and enamel on a ribbon bow with rosette, in case of issue and with instructions on how to wear the insignia; and Malaysia - Order of the Defender of the Realm, the Ahli Mangku Negara (5th Class) in silver gilt and white enamel with lady's bow, in case of issue and with typed award note 'A.M.N. MISS JEAN TAYLOR, M.V.O.', together with printed National Archives research material, obituary, a typed letter from the Office of the Royal Victorian Order and an empty case for a Siamese and Thailand order.
Sold for £600
Estimated at £600 - £800
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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