Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Group of awards to W. B. Hart:

Turkey, Order of Osmanieh, 4th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon, with lapel rosette, in worn green velvet case of issue; Medallions of the City and Guilds of London Institute (3), City of London Shield enclosed by a double band of Guild shields; reverse: ‘Technical Education, City and Guilds of London Institute, Technological Examination Honours’ (W. B. Hart, Alkali Manufacture 1885), 51mm., silver; another similar, ‘Technological Examination Ordinary’ (William B. Hart, Coal Tar Products, 1st Prize 1886); another similar in bronze, ‘Technological Examination Honours (Willm. B. Hart, Coal Tar Products, 2nd Prize, 1888), extremely fine (4) £120-160

Sold with slightly damaged bestowal document in Turkish script and Foreign Office letter, dated 7 January 1902, addressed to W. B. Hart of Manchester Laboratory, 8 Exchange Street, Manchester, acknowledging his letter requesting ‘permission to wear’ the Turkish Order of Osmanieh 4th Class.