Auction Catalogue

26 January 2022

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Lot

№ 595

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26 January 2022

Hammer Price:
£600

Three: Mr. William Duncan, Gardener, Sandringham Estate

Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd type, suspension dated ‘1910-1930’, with ‘Forty Years’ Bar, the reverse of which is officially inscribed ‘G.R.VI’ (Duncan, William) mounted court-style as worn,
good very fine and rare (3) £400-£500

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008.

William Duncan was employed as a Gardener on the Sandringham Estate, and, as an outdoor worker, was initially awarded the Royal Household Long Service Token in 1930. Subsequently exchanging it for the Medal (hence why he received a 2nd type medal), he was awarded the ‘Thirty Years’ Bar to his Royal Household Faithful Service Medal in 1940, and his ‘Forty Years’ Bar in 1950.