Orders, Decorations and Medals

Nine: Mrs Edith Bland (née Odlum), Linen Maid at Buckingham Palace

The Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R., Silver, 1st issue, in case and outer box of issue; Jubilee 1935, in box of issue; Coronation 1937, in box of issue; Coronation 1953, in box of issue; Jubilee 1977, in box of issue; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, suspension dated ‘1927-1947’, with two bars ‘Thirty Years’ and ‘Forty Years’ (Odlum, Edith) in case of issue; Belgium, Royal Household Medal, bronze-gilt, in case of issue; Finland, Medal of the Order of the White Rose, silver, in case of issue; Jordan, Order of Al-Istiqlal, Knight’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamels, in case of issue, together with bestowal documents for R.V.M. and Jubilee 1977, extremely fine (9) £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Royal Household Awards.

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R.V.M. awarded 1 January 1959: Housemaid, Buckingham Palace.