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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 3

The K.C.M.G. Group of Three to Sir I.P. Garran, H.M. Ambassador to Mexico, 1960-64, and to the Netherlands, 1964-70
a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Commander's (K.C.M.G.) set of Insignia, neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Spink, London, case of issue
b) Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue
c) Netherlands, Kingdom, Commemorative Medal for the Wedding of Princess Beatrix 1966, nearly extremely fine, together with the related miniature awards (4)

K.C.M.G. London Gazette 10.6.1961 Isham Peter Garran, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Mexico City.

C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1954 Isham Peter Garran, Esq., Inspector of Her Majesty's Foreign Service Establishments.

Sir (Isham) Peter Garran, K.C.M.G., (1910-1991), the son of Sir Robert Garran, G.C.M.G., Solicitor-General of Australia; educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Trinity College, University of Melbourne; joined the Foreign Office, 1934; foreign posts included Belgrade, 1937-41; Lisbon, 1941-44; Berlin, 1947-50; The Hague, 1950-52; Appointed Inspector in H.M. Foreign Service, 1952; Minister (Commercial), Washington D.C., 1955-60; H.M. Ambassador to Mexico, 1960-64; H.M. Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1964-70.

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