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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 414

The striking Baronet's Badge worn by Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb, 2nd Bt., Knight Marshal of the United Kingdom

Baronet’s Badge, gold (18 carat) and enamel, hallmarks for London 1842, and maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, comprising identical obverse and reverse design of a central shield bearing the enamelled Arms of Ulster, with open-worked Crown above, set within a blue enamelled oval-shaped surround bearing the motto ‘Pro Rege et Patria’ and the date ‘1612’, the whole surmounted by an elaborate integral laurel wreath suspension device, with accompanying loop, 44mm x 72mm including integral suspension, with some old enamel repairs and to the suspension, very fine and a most striking Badge of the finest quality, mounted with its original thick neck riband and gold fittings as worn

Provenance:
Kidner Auctions, Lymington, November 2006, when sold alongside other family Medals.

One other example of the rare variant sold at DNW in September 2008 (Hammer Price £3,600), that example lacking either an attribution or the original neck riband and gold fittings.

Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb, 2nd Bt. was born on 8 July 1785 at Nantcribba Hall, Forden, Montgomeryshire, Wales, the son of Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Bt. and Anne Montolieu and was given the name Charles Montolieu Burgess at birth. He married, firstly, Lady Mary Montgomerie, daughter of General Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton on 30 June 1815. Lamb held the office of Knight Marshal of the Royal Household from 1824-64 and succeeded as the 2nd Baronet on 1 December 1824, also being Sheriff of Sussex from 1829-30. A Lieutenant-Colonel of the Ayrshire Yeomanry, he married for a second time at Geneva on 28 October 1853 and died at Beauport Park, Hastings on 21 March 1860. England; sold together with an old card box for C. W. Dixey & Son, with ink inscription to the lid 'Baronets Badge Cr 27.2.22.' and the original bill of sale.

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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£2000