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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 428

(x) Qatar, Emirate, Order of Merit, Grand Officer´s set of Insignia, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, neck Badge, 83mm including suspension x 54mm, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker´s mark on suspension ring; Star, 90mm, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker´s mark on retaining pin, enamel damage to neck Badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with neck riband and lapel rosette, in case of issue, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Second Class of the Order of Merit, named (in Arabic) to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 12.11.1985 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, L.V.O., undated, and signed ´Philip Moore´ (2)

Bestowed upon Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, K.C.V.O., Deputy Master of the Household, during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.H. Emir Khalifa of Qatar, 12-15.11.1985

Provenance: Spink, April 2012

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Sold for
£3,800