Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The mounted group of ten miniature dress medals worn by the Rt. Hon. Sir Alan “Tommy” Lascelles, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.M.G., M.C., late Bedfordshire Yeomanry, whose long and distinguished career as a Private Secretary in the Royal Household encompassed the trials and tribulations of the Abdication in 1936 through to the momentous days of the 1939-45 War, when he was witness to many defining Churchillian episodes and joined H.M. the King on his first visit to Normandy: his private diaries, published to much acclaim under the title King’s Counsellor in 2006, serve as a fascinating ‘behind the scenes’ record of many other notable chapters in the recent history of the Royal Household, including such events as portrayed in the award-winning film The King’s Speech

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Civil, silver-gilt; The Royal Victorian Order, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, silver-gilt and enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, mounted court-style as worn, lacquered, generally very fine (10) £800-1000

Ex Dix Noonan Webb. 28 March 2012 (Lot 798), when sold with the recipient’s full-size Honours and Awards; see related footnote for career details.