Auction Catalogue

25 March 2015

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 578

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25 March 2015

Hammer Price:
£500

General Sir John Glubb (Glubb Pasha) Family Archive. A very fine framed and glazed pastel drawing of a Sergeant in the Trans Jordanian Frontier Force (55 x 42cm) presented to Sir John by the artist (name indistinct). A large collection of glass negative photographic plates, some of which have been developed, they cover a large pre WW1 period and cover both military and civilian life; a small photograph album concerning the Glubb family; a cased recording tape of a speech given by Sir John in 1966 to the Metropolitan Dinner Club of Greater Fort Worth, the subject was ‘The Course of Empires’.

Lieutenant JB Glubb MC Royal Engineers (father of Sir John) two Royal Engineer GVR osd cap badges, a very scarce balloon altimeter used in the experimental balloon unit of the REs, it is of French manufacture ‘Jules Richard Paris’, a silver (Birm 1907) mounted riding crop engraved ‘J B Glubb 1910’.

Further Royal Engineer dress items that pertain to JBG and/or an earlier RE family member comprise a pre 1902 full dress waist belt complete with ‘VR’ waist belt plate, a very fine gilt QVC sabretache badge, a full dress sash in gold and crimson thread, a post 1904 waist belt (worn under the tunic), a full dress pouch belt complete with gilt metal mounts.
Three steel dies for the Glubb Family arms, crest and initials,
good overall condition (parcel) £500-700

Note. Sir John Glubb retired to the village of Mayfield, Sussex, a very popular figure he served as a Churchwarden for 15 years at St. Dunstan Church. Following his death a memorial stained glass depicting Sir John wearing the traditional Arab Shemagh, the dedication service (1993) was attended by King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan.