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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 268

Miniature Awards: The K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O. Group of Nine Attributed to Vice-Admiral Sir E.J.W. Slade, Royal Navy The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Knight Commander´s (K.C.I.E.) Badge, gold and enamel, with top gold riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, Knight Commander´s (K.C.V.O.) Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp; Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1908-10; Naval General Service 1915-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914; British War Medal; Coronation 1911; France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer´s Badge, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband; Khedive´s Star 1882, extremely fine, mounted as originally worn, and housed in a fitted leather case (9) Estimate £ 400-500 K.C.I.E. London Gazette 2.1.1911 Rear Admiral Edmond John Warre Slade, M.V.O., Royal Navy, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies. K.C.V.O. London Gazette Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond John Warre Slade, K.C.I.E., M.V.O. M.V.O. Fourth Class London Gazette 2.6.1903 Captain Edmond John Warre Slade, Royal Navy, commanding His Majesty´s ship "Diana." Vice-Admiral Sir Edmond John Warre Slade, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., born March 1859; entered the Royal Navy, 1872; Commissioned Lieutenant, 1879; served during the Egyptian War in H.M.S. Hecla; promoted Commander, 1894, and Captain, 1899; Appointed a Member Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of H.M. Edward VII´s visit to Malta; promoted Rear-Admiral, 1908, and was aboard H.M.S. Hyacinth during the Somaliland campaign. Appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, March 1909, and introduced measures for the suppression of the contraband arms trade between Muscat and Mekran and other regions of the Persian Gulf, and was aboard H.M.S. Highflier during the campaign; Appointed K.C.I.E. and K.C.V.O. in 1911, the latter on the occasion of the voyage of the King Emperor and Queen Empress to India; promoted Vice-Admiral, April 1914; retired 1917.

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