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Lot

№ 578

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25 June 2009

Hammer Price:
£300

Four: Driver Edward Watkins, Royal Horse Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (17911 Dvr., R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., unnamed, mounted for wear, some contact marks, very fine (4) £120-160

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

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Driver Edward Watkins, ‘P’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Silver on the occasion of King George V’s visit to India in 1911 for the Durbar. He acted as one of the Postilions of the State Coach of King George V at the Durbar. Sold with some copied research.