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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1167

Sold by Order of the Family

The mounted group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Admiral V. H. G. Bernard, C.B., Royal Navy, whose campaign service saw him earn four foreign decorations and a trio of 'mentions'

Having begun the war in command of Venerable - his charge included the bombardment of the Belgian coast in 1914 and the operations at Gallipoli the following year; he latterly commanded Neptune at the Battle of Jutland and was made a Naval ADC to the King

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Badge, gold and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal, 7 clasps, Narrow Seas 1914, Mediterranean 1915, Gallipoli, North Sea 1915, Jutland 31 May 16, North Sea 1917, Belgian Coast; Victory Medal, M.I.D. oak leaves; Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Badge, gold and enamel; France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette upon riband; Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Anne, Military Division Badge, with crossed swords; Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette upon riband, mounted as worn, generally good very fine, in their fitted leather case by Spink & Son Ltd, 17 & 18 Piccadilly, London, the lid embossed 'V.H.G.B.' (8)

For the recipient's full-size awards and a biographical note, please see Lot 631.

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£250