Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Bestowal Document for the Order of the Garter to His Majesty Paul, King of the Hellenes.

An illuminated Bestowal Document on Vellum appointing His Majesty Paul, King of the Hellenes, a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, dated Buckingham Palace, 9 July 1963, and signed by both the Sovereign of the Order ‘Elizabeth R.’, and the Chancellor of the Order ‘Salisbury’, complete with the blue wax seal of the Order affixed with gold cord, the two signatures very faded, otherwise excellent condition £400-£600

His Majesty Paul, King of the Hellenes was born in Athens on 14 December 1901, the third son of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife Princess Sophia of Prussia. He trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and briefly served with the Coldstream Guards. He succeeded his brother as King of Greece on 1 April 1947, and was nominated a Knight of the Garter on 9 July 1963. He died in Athens on 12 March 1964, prior to being formally invested and installed into the Order, and was succeeded to the Hellenic Throne by his son Constantine II.