Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Mr. H. W. Rodda, Under State Porter and Inspector, Special Constabulary

Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, suspension dated ‘1910-1930’ (H. W. Rodda); Jubilee 1897, bronze; Cornation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long Service 1929 (Inspr. Horace W. Rodda.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; mounted court-style in this order as worn, traces of lacquer, nearly very fine (8) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Members of the Nobility and The Royal Household.

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Horace Wyndham Rodda entered Royal Service in 1895 and served as an Under State Porter in the Lord Steward’s Department. On the outbreak of the Great War he joined the Special Constabulary, 17 August 1914, and was promoted Sergeant in March 1915, Sub-Inspector in February 1917, and Inspector in September 1918. He was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal on 3 June 1927, and the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal on 6 May 1930. He retired in 1939 and died in 1943.