ph0ebus Posted 16 February , 2012 Share Posted 16 February , 2012 Medals of First World War hero and Royal Household legend emerge for sale for first time Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 As one of the comments notes - something of an under-estimate with that provenance. Clever seller too, with a recent biography having appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 With that sort of pedigree and the rareness of the medals/orders involved I would think that 8000 pounds would be just an ambit starting price. I would expect them to fetch much more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchy357 Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 Hi Guys Any idea what he won his MC for and what he did while he was in the Army? Can't seem to find anything on his Military career on the net. Regards Dutchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 Medals of First World War hero and Royal Household legend emerge for sale for first time Indeed, indeed. And the medals were nice as well!! To paraphrase another member, I'll get my birrus britannicus... Trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 MC SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 JANUARY, 1919. Capt. Alan Frederick Lascelles, I/1st Bedf. Yeo., attd. 15th Hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrieduncan Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 I thought that, for the higher grades of honours, family were supposed to return the insignia on the death of the recipient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 18 February , 2012 Share Posted 18 February , 2012 I thought that, for the higher grades of honours, family were supposed to return the insignia on the death of the recipient? Insignia are returned for the Orders of the Garter and the The Thistle (not least because of the high worth of the items: the collar of the Garter is nearly a kilo of solid gold. One or two recipients have had their own stars made up, if I recall correctly, with better quality materials! The insignia of the Royal Victorian Chain is also returned on the death of the holder. I understand that the insignia of other orders are retained. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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