Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Royal Household R.V.M. group of seven awarded to E. J. Seymour, The Queen’s Wardrobe Man, later Attendant at the State Apartments, Windsor Castle

Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930’ (E. J. Seymour), traces of lacquer, generally good very fine (7) £400-£500

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2001.

R.V.M. awarded 9 June 1938: Edward John Seymour, Shower, State Apartments Windsor, Lord Chamberlain’s Office.

Edward John Seymour was born at Windsor, Berkshire on 3 December 1869. He entered Royal service, by trade a draper, on 1 April 1892 and retired on 1 September 1938. He was the Queen’s Wardrobe Man, at Windsor Castle and later an Attendant in the Royal Apartments. He was one of a family of Royal servants stretching back several generations. There were two brothers named Seymour, John Brown Seymour and Thomas Seymour who were travelling Tapissiers to Queen Victoria. Their principal function when the Queen travelled was to transport and erect her bed which she always took with her.

Sold together with a small silver bon-bon dish by Wolfers, Brussels, 110mm diameter, the centre engraved with the crowned monogram ‘B’ for King Baudoin of Belgium; and two newspaper cuttings relating to the award of his R.V.M. and Royal Household Faithful Service Medal.