Knee Garter Belonging to His Late Royal Highness the Duke of York, the gold lace and blue velvet knee garter complete with distinctive gold coloured metal buckle and retaining elements of hand written details pasted to the inside velvet lining. These were transcribed at a near contemporary date onto a card and probably in the same hand ‘This Garter (which is a part of the Costume of The Knight of the Garter) did belong to His Late Royal Highness, the Duke of York. HRH presented it after the Death of his Father, Geo. IIId to Mr. White of Lyndhurst in the New Forest, H.R. Highness’s Deputy Warden of that Demesne. Mr. White presented it (after the Duke’s Death) to his relation the Revd. Thomas Foster, who was & is my valued Friend, who presented it to John Blatch’. Now contained in a double glass dome and wooden socle, the gold embroidery and velvet with commensurate wear £3000-4000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals and Artefacts.

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Note: HRH Frederick Duke of York and Albany (1763 - 1827) 2nd son of George III. Some time Commander in Chief of the British Army.