Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Lembcke family group of miniature medals:

The D.S.O. group of ten miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Royal Fusiliers and Gloucestershire Regiment
Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, these first five mounted as worn; Peru, Republic, Commander of the Order of Ayucucho, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of Aeronautical Merit, including condor suspension, 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel; Bronze Cross of the Society of the Founders of Independence, 1st issue; Centenary of Independence Medal 1921, silver-gilt; Centenary of the Battle of Ayacucho Medal 1924, silver-gilt, these last five mounted as worn, good very fine

The group of three miniature dress medals attributed to P. E. Lembcke, Peruvian Army, later Peru’s Consular General and Charge d’affaires in London
Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Peru, Republic, Cross for Callao (1866), being a five pointed star, silver and enamel, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to last, good very fine (13) £200-£300

Provenance: Acquired by the vendor direct from the granddaughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke.

For the two recipient’s full-sized medals see Lots 183 and 604.