Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The mounted group of four miniature dress medals worn by H. C. Blake, Esq., Athlone Pursuivant of Arms

The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O. Member’s 5th Class badge, silver and enamel; Order of St. John of Jerusalem, silver and enamel; British War Medal 1914-20; Coronation 1902, silver, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £80-£120

M.V.O. London Gazette 11 August 1903.

Henry Claude Blake was born in 1874, the son of John Lane Blake of Dublin; was educated at Dehstone Coll, Staffordshire; and served as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was appointed Athlone Pursuviant of Arms at the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle (where he was also Private Secretary to the Ulster King at Arms, Sir Arthur Vicars, K.C.V.O.), and was created a Member 5th Class of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of H.M. King Edward VII’s visit to Ireland in 1903.

Sold together with the original Bestowal Document for the M.V.O., together with a copy of the Statutes of the Order; Invitation to the 1902 Coronation; and a large Carte de Visite image of the recipient.