Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The very scarce insignia of a D.C.V.O. awarded to Dame Alice Anne Wall (née Hawkins), Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty the Queen, and formerly Assistant Press Secretary 1958-81

The Royal Victorian Order, D.C.V.O., Dame Commander’s shoulder badge and breast star, each piece officially numbered on the reverse ‘L44’, the set contained in its Collingwood case of issue with instructions for wearing card, the lid stamped ‘D.C.V.O.’ and with label attached to bottom of case ‘DL 44’; together with her Silver Jubilee Medal 1977, mounted on Lady’s bow in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine (3) £1,200-£1,500

M.V.O. 4th Class (Lady) 13 June 1964: Assistant Press Secretary to H.M. the Queen.

C.V.O. (Lady) 3 June 1972: Assistant Press Secretary to H.M. the Queen.

D.C.V.O. 31 December 1981: Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to H.M. the Queen and formerly Assistant Press Secretary.

[Alice] Anne Wall (née Hawkins) was born on 31 March 1928, daughter of Commander (later Admiral Sir, K.B.E., C.B.,) Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins, M.V.O., D.S.C., R.N., and Lady Margaret Ida Hawkins. She married Commander Michael Edward St. Quintin Wall on 27 June 1975. He died on 5 October 2017. Dame Anne Wall was Assistant Press Secretary to H.M. the Queen from 1958 and upon her retirement in 1981 she became an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen. She died 28 October 2016.

See Lots 1 and 323 for the awards to her parents.