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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 353

(x) Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander´s neck Badge, 69mm including suspension x 55mm, gilt and enamel, very fine, with neck riband, in Koninklijke Begeer, Voorschoten, case of issue, with lapel rosette and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of the Crown to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 10.11.1982 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter for the Order of the House of Orange [sic], named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, M.V.O. dated 8.2.1984, and signed ´Philip Moore´ - Extract of the Statutes of the Order of the House of Orange, as used for the Order of the Crown - Framed photograph of H.M. Queen Beatrix and H.R.H. Prince Claus of the Netherlands, signed ´Beatrix´ and ´Claus´

Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, Deputy Master of the Household and Equerry to H.M. The Queen, during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.M. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, 16-19.11.1982.

The Order of the Crown was instituted in 1969, replacing the Order of the House of Orange.

Provenance: Spink, April 2012 (when sold alongside the other Foreign Orders awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, K.C.V.O.)

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Sold for
£850