Auction Catalogue

2 December 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 329

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2 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£110

Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring, C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy
Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order; East & West Africa 1887-1900; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; France, Legion of Honour, with 4th Class rosette; Italy, Order of the Crown, with 4th Class rosette; Romania, Order of the Star, 1st issue ribbon, with 4th Class rosette; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, with 4th Class rosette; together with a miniature (Naval) riband bar with pin-fitting bearing the above (less the Order of the Bath) good condition (2)
£30-50

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

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Ribbon bars attributed to Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring, Royal Navy, C.B., D.S.O. (1874-1952). Entered the Royal Navy in 1887 and served in the Witu Expedition of 1890. Served as a Captain during the Great War, was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1916. Promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1924; Vice-Admiral in 1929, and Admiral (Retired) in 1933. Awarded the C.B. in 1927. With some copied notes and certified provenance of riband bar.