An exceptional R.V.M. group of twenty-five awarded to J. R. R. Ainslie, Steward at Buckingham Palace, late Corporal in the 1st County of London Yeomanry

British War and Victory Medals (4224 A, Cpl., 1 Co. of Lond. Y.); Defence Medal; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., ‘1926-1946’, with ‘Thirty Years’ clasp (Ainslie, James R.R.) mounted court style as worn; Jubilee 1977, in card box of issue; Denmark, Medal of Recompense (2) Frederik IX, silver-gilt; another, silver with crown; Ethiopia, Haile Selassie Medal, gilt; France, Medal of Honour (2), gilt; another, silver; Germany, Federal Republic, Medal of Merit, gilt and enamel; Iran, Order of Homayoun, Medal, silver base metal; Iraq, Order of El Rafidain, Medal, silver base metal; Italy, Republic, Visit to London Medal 1958, silver base metal; Nepal, Order of Goorkha Dakshin Bahu, Medal, silver; Netherlands, Orange House Order, Medal of Merit, silver; Norway, Royal Household Medal, Haakon VII, gold; Portugal, President’s Visit to London Medal 1955, gilt; Queen Elizabeth’s Visit to Portugal Medal 1957, silver; Sweden, Royal Household Medal, Gustaf VI Adolf, silver-gilt; Thailand, Order of the Crown, Medal, silver-gilt, most foreign awards in cases or boxes of issue, good very fine and better (25) £1600-2000

James Robert Ralston Ainslie served in the Great War as a Corporal in the 1st County of London Yeomanry. In 1926 he entered service with the Royal Household. He was awarded the R.V.M. on 1 January 1941 as Steward at Buckingham Palace and was awarded the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal in 1946. Ainslie went on to claim his 30 year service clasp to his medal in 1956 and died in 1981, aged 89 years.

Sold with a folder containing a large quantity of original documentation. Including a photograph of the recipient wearing some of his medals; an invitation card for the Dedication of the King George VI Memorial Chapel, Windsor; and a ‘Balmoral Castle’ letter of condolence to his next-of-kin, dated 14 August 1981. Also with the award certificates for the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal and Coronation Medal 1953; and the sundry award documents, forwarding slips and / or ‘permissions to wear’ documents for his foreign awards: Norway, Royal Household Medal, 1947; Denmark, Medal of Recompense, Gold Medal with Crown, 1948; Netherlands, Orange House Order, 1950/51; Denmark, Medal of Recompense, Silver Medal with Crown 1951; Sweden, Royal Household Medal, 1954; Ethiopia, Haile Selassie Medal, 1954; Portugal, President’s Visit to London Medal, 1955; Order of Christ, Gold Medal, 1955; Iraq, Order of El Rafidain, Medal, 1956; Italy, Visit to London Medal, 1958; Portugal, Queen Elizabeth’s Visit to Portugal Medal, 1957; Germany, Order of Merit, Medal, 1958; Iran, Order of Homayoun, Medal, 1959; France, Medal of Honour, gold medal, 1960; Thailand, Order of the Crown, Medal, 1960; Nepal, Order of Goorkha Dakshin Bahu, Medal, 1960.