Orders, Decorations and Medals

A pair of medals awarded to Seaman Rigger Reginald H. Smallbone, H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert

Jubilee 1935 (.... R. H. Smallbone, Smn Rgr. H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert); Coronation 1937 (.... R. H. Smallbone, Smn. Rgr. H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert) good very fine (lot) £80-100

The two medals in individual glazed cases, 285 x 235mm. with their associated award certificates - both named to ‘Reginald H. Smallbone. Smn Rigger P/J.44871’; with a photograph of T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) and their children the Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret, in a glazed gilt frame, 277 x 231mm. With a further four photographs in matching gilt frames, 210 x 160mm., the photographs inscribed, ‘T.Ms. The King & Queen on board H.M.Y. “Victoria & Albert”’ (King George V and Queen Mary); ‘H.M. The Queen & T.R.H. The Duke & Duchess of York on board H.M.Y. “Victoria & Albert”’; ‘T.R.Hs. The Duke and Duchess of York on board H.M.Y. “Victoria and Albert”’, and ‘H.R.H. The Duchess of York on board H.M.Y. “Victoria & Albert”’.