Special Collections

Sold on 25 June 2008

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The Orders and Decorations of General Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner, G.C.H., K.C.

Lot

№ 606

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£2,300

General Turner’s gold-mounted Desk and Fob Seals, the desk seal with bloodstone intaglio of Turner’s heraldic crest with motto ‘the reward of valour’, ornately mounted in gold with agate handle, 80mm overall; the fob seal with bloodstone intaglio of Turner’s coat of arms as a Knight Grand Cross of Hannover, with chain, badge and motto of the Royal Guelphic Order and pendant badges of the Orders of the Crescent and St Anne, mounted in ornate gold fob, 45mm overall, both pieces in superb condition (2) £400-600