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Auction: 4014 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 134

The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, Grand Cross (G.C.M.G.) set of Insignia by Spink & Son, London, sash Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, Star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold retaining pin, about extremely fine, with full sash riband, in case of issue, with Instructions for Wearing card with written name and address of Sir Frank Roberts (2) Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Sir Frank Roberts, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. (1907-1998) born in Buenos Aires, educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge; entered the Foreign Office 1930; Paris 1932-32; Cairo 1935-37; Chargé d'Affair to Czechoslovak Government 1943; advisor to Churchill at the Yalta Conference 1945; British Minister in Moscow 1945-47; Principle Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin 1947-49 and negotiated personally with Stalin over the Berlin Blockade; Deputy High Commissioner, India, 1949-51; Deputy-Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1951-54; Ambassador to Yugoslavia 1954-57; U.K. Permanent Representative, North Atlantic Council, 1957-60; Ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1960-62 and to Federal Republic of Germany 1962-68.

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£1,600