Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Household Cavalry interest, Buckingham Palace letter from the Queen, dated 19 May 1983, to Colonel Hamilton-Russell, Officer, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Troopers of the Household Cavalry, on the occasion of the presentation of new Standards, ‘We have just seen marched off parade the tattered Standard damaged in that brutal attack on The Queen’s Life Guard last year, in which men and horses suffered so dreadfully. In the midst of this ‘pageantry’, for want of a better word, there could be no more timely nor honourable reminder, to those of us who need reminding, that the soldier’s life is never free of danger.’, facsimile signature, some marginal creases, otherwise good condition £20-£30