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Auction: 26001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 296

The framed group of nine awarded to E. O. Sachs, the famous theatre and opera house architect, who specialized in the prevention of theatre fires and was central in the reconstruction of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

United Kingdom, Coronation 1911; Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of the Oaken Crown, breast Badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel; Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the Vasa, breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, breast Badge, by Wagner, Berlin, silver and enamel, maker's initial 'W' to lower arm; France, Republic, Order of Academic Palms, silver and enamel; France, Ministry of the Interior, Medal of Devotion, gold, the reverse officially inscribed 'Edwin Otto Sachs, Juillet 1903'; Russia, Imperial, Medal for Zeal, silver-gilt; Russia, Imperial, Medal for Zeal, silver; Germany, Prussia, Red Cross Medal, bronze, housed in display frame with corresponding miniature awards, good very fine (18)

Edwin Otho/Otto Sachs was born in Marylebone in April 1870 and after studying architecture at the Königliche Technische Hochschule in Berlin, he returned to England in 1892 and commenced independent practice in London. Appointed Consulting Architect to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, he was also an Hon. Member of the Imperial Russian Institute of Architects and various other foreign architectural and technical bodies.

Sachs was a true authority on fire-prevention, particularly with regard to theatre buildings and, in 1897, formed the British Fire Prevention Committee. He was also Vice-President of the International Fire Service Council from 1897-1919.

Probably best known as co-author of the three-volume book set Modern Opera Houses and Theatres, Sachs was showered with Orders and Decorations from across the opera-loving nations and died in London on 9 September 1919.

For his Large Gold Russian Medals for Zeal, please see Lots 356 and 357. For his framed miniature dress medals, please see Lot 287.

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,400

Starting price
£800