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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 374

Honours and Awards Bestowed Upon Sir Gerald Dodson, Recorder of the City of London
a) Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Two Rivers, Civil Division, Commander's neck Badge, 87mm including wreath suspension x 66mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband and lapel rosette,
b) Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit, Commander's neck Badge, 60mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband and two lapel rosettes, extremely fine, together with the following documents &c.:
- Souvenir Programme for the Reception and Luncheon held in His Majesty the King of Iraq's honour at the Guildhall, 17.7.1956
- Bestowal Certificate for the Coronation Medal 1953, named to Sir Gerald Dodson, M.A., LL.M.
- The recipient's scrapbook, containing a large number of newspaper cuttings relating to his Legal career
- Letter to the recipient from the Lord Chancellor, Lord Dilhorne, on the occasion of his retirement, dated 31.7.1963, and signed 'Reggie'
- Letter to the recipient from the Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Parker, on the occasion of his retirement, dated 31.7.1963, and signed 'Hubert Parker'
- Various photographs of the recipient
- Service sheet for the recipient's funeral, together with a copy of the Address (lot)

Sir Gerald Dodson was born in August 1884, the son of Mr. John Dodson, J.P., a former Sheriff of Norwich, and was educated privately and at Downing College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1907, he served during the Great War as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hydrophone Service, before being appointed K.C. in 1925. After serving as Judge of the Mayor's and City of London Court from 1934, he was elected Recorder of the City of London in September 1937 by the unanimous vote of the Court of Aldermen, and was knighted in 1939. He retired as Recorder on 1959, after having held the post for the longest period of time in its 800 year history, and even after retirement often continued to sit at the Old Bailey as a Commissioner.

The Iraqi Order of the Two Rivers was awarded to Sir Gerald Dodson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of His Majesty King Faisal II of Iraq, on the occasion of his visit to the City, 17.7.1956.

The German Order of Merit was awarded to Sir Gerald Dodson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of His Excellency Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the occasion of his visit to the City, 21.10.1958.

Sir Gerald Dodson's other Foreign Orders were sold at Spink, 21.11.2013.

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