Colonel Sir Percival Scrope Marling, V.C., C.B., King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Court-style medal mounting bar bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; King’s South Africa 1901-02; 1914 Star’ War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; Jubilee 1935; Khedive’s Star, mounting with label on back, ‘Hunt & Roskell Ltd, 25 Old Bond Street, to the King’, K.S.A. ribbon frayed, fair condition £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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V.C. London Gazette 21 May 1884. Lieutenant Marling, 3rd Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, won the V.C. for his gallant action at the battle of Tamaai, 13 March 1884.

Ribbons attributed to Colonel Sir Percival Scrope Marling. With ivorine label, ‘Colonel Sir P. S. Marling V.C., C.B., Bart, Gloucester Regiment’; with copied research including: gazette and auction catalogue extracts, newspaper cuttings, and photographs.