Orders, Decorations and Medals

Field Marshal Lord Roberts Memorabilia, comprising an exceptionally fine circular scroll container (now empty) 54 cms long x 20 cms diameter in ebony, the body mounted with an ornate unmarked silver and silver gilt shield engraved ‘Presented to Field Marshal Lord Roberts VC, PC, KP, GCP, GCSI, GCIE, LL.D, DCL by the Natal United Irish Association Durban Dec. 5th 1900’ this set within silver gilt shamrock sprays, the ends of the body with similar unmarked silver bands marked ‘List Bros. West St., Durban’ now with an associated wooden display stand; a framed paper advertisement showing ‘Genl. Bobs’ and ‘Smoke Genl. Bob’s Shag’ the last word is actually defaced; a wooden memorial plaque enhanced with gold and black details ‘These memorial brasses record the names of Officers who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 18. Their relatives erected the adjacent workshops in memory of Field Marshal Earl Roberts VC’; a suede covered rubber wallet (perished) mounted with a shield shaped plaque in hall marked silver and engraved ‘Lord Roberts Escort 1898’; a cased base metal tin advertising Mazawattee Cocoa, the lid with a relief portrait of Lord Roberts. Together with two framed ‘silks’ of General Douglas Haig and Marshal Foch, a small earthenware platter with a transfer printed head and shoulders bust of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, generally good overall condition (8) £200-260