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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 307

The Victoria Faithful Service Medal and Bar awarded to Yeoman State Porter J. Hannis, who served the Royal Household for some 41 years

Victoria Faithful Service Medal, with additional ‘10’ Year Bar, silver, the reverse officially inscribed, ‘To Mr James Hannis, Yeoman Porter, for faithful services to the Queen during 26 years, 1880’, edge embossed, ‘Presented by Queen Victoria 1872’, complete with original elaborate suspension and tartan ribbon, in its fitted Wyon, London case of issue, good very fine

James Hannis was born in Oxfordshire in about 1827 and entered the service of Queen Victoria in 1854. First listed in the Imperial calendar as Yeoman State Porter in 1877, he was awarded the Queen’s Faithful Service Medal in 1880 - the 63rd recipient of this rare Medal - and later added a further 10 Year Service Bar. Hannis retired in 1895 and died on 12 December 1897, at 63 Landor Road, Stockwell, Surrey. He was buried in Windsor Cemetery.

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£700