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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 306

(x) The very rare Victorian Faithful Service Medal and Bar awarded to Page of the Presence 1st Class R. K. Taylor, who served The Queen for over half a century

Victoria Faithful Service Medal, with additional '10' Years Service Bar, reverse officially engraved ‘To Richard Keys Taylor Esq. Page of the Presence. For Faithful Services to the Queen during 33 Years’, edge embossed as usual ‘Presented by Queen Victoria 1872', on its original tartan riband, good very fine and very rare

Richard Keys Taylor was born circa 1818 and entered the service of Queen Victoria as a Gentleman Porter in 1839. Made a 1st Groom Porter in 1845, he was made Page of the Presence 2nd Class in 1846 and advanced 1st Class in 1852. He was just the 10th recipient of this rare Medal, which was presented from the hand of The Queen at Windsor on 20 June 1872 and latterly earned the Bar. Last listed in 1891 - thus just missing out on a Second Bar - he died on 8 April 1899 at 45 Cambridge Street, Pimlico and is buried in Brompton Cemetery. He was also in receipt of the Hesse Medal of Merit in bronze.

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Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£700