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Auction: 5005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 49

A Highly Unusual and Rare Group of Thirty Six Orders, Decorations and Medals to The Royal Chef R.H. Aubrey, Buckingham Palace a) Royal Victorian Order, Member´s (M.V.O.) breast Badge, silver, gold and enamel, reverse numbered ´723´ b) Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R, silver c) Coronation 1953 d) Jubilee 1977 e) Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, E.II.R., dated suspension 1937-57, with Thirty Years Bar (Ronald H. Aubrey), mounted court style as originally worn f) Austria, Decoration of Honour, ´Gold´ Class, 40mm., metal gilt g) Belgium Household Medal, King Badouin, ´Gold´ Class, 50mm. x 30mm., metal gilt h) Brazil, Order of Rio Branco, 2nd Class breast Badge, 30mm., white metal i) Chile, O´Higgins Medal, 1st Class, 44mm., metal gilt j) Denmark, Medal of Recompense, Frederik IX, ´Gold´ Class, 28mm., metal gilt k) Denmark, Medal of Recompense, Frederik IX, ´Silver´ Class, with Crown, 35mm. x 28mm., silver l) Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I Service Medal, ´Gold´ Class, 40mm., metal-gilt m) Finland, Medal of the Order of the White Rose, ´Gold´ Class, 30mm., silver-gilt (Hallmarks for Helsinki 1968, stamped on edge) n) France, Medal of Honour, 26mm., silver o) Federal Republic of Germany, Medal of Merit, 36mm., metal gilt p) Greece, Commemorative Cross of the Royal Order of George I, 2nd issue, ´Gold´ Class, dated reverse, 45mm. x 28mm., metal-gilt q) Republic of Italy, President´s Visit Medal, ´Gold´ Class, 30mm., silver-gilt (Hallmarks for Milan) r) Republic of Italy, President´s Visit Medal, 30mm., silver s) Iran, Medal of the Order of the Lion and Sun, 30mm., silver t) Iraq, Medal of the Order of Al Rafidan, 40mm., silver (fineness mark on reverse of suspension) u) Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, breast Badge, 5th Class, 43mm., silver, gilt and enamel, with red cabouchons v) Jordan, Order of the Star, breast Badge, 5th Class, silver, silver-gilt and enamel (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1952) w) Liberia, Medal of Honour, ´Gold´ Class, 30mm., metal-gilt x) Malaysia, Order of the Defence of the Realm, breast Badge, 5th Class, 52mm., silver-gilt and enamel y) Mexico, Order of the Aztec Eagle, breast Badge, 4th Class, with rosette on riband, 54mm. x 46mm., metal-gilt and enamel, with associated miniature award z) Netherlands, Order of the Crown, breast Badge, 5th Class, 52mm. x 38mm., silver-gilt and enamel aa) Netherlands, Medal of the Order of the House of Orange, ´Gold´ Class, 31mm., metal-gilt bb) Netherlands, Medal of the Order of the House of Orange, 31mm., silver cc) Norway, Household Medal, Haakon VII, 31mm. x 25mm., gold dd) Portugal, Medal for the Presidents Visit 1955, ´Gold´ Class, 30mm., gilt-metal ee) Portugal, Medal for the Queen´s visit 1957, 30mm., silver ff) Sudan, Medal of Duty, 1st Class, 35mm., metal-gilt gg) Sweden, Household Medal, Gustaf VI, 5th Class, 34mm. x 23mm., silver-gilt hh) Sweden, Household Medal, Gustaf VI, 8th Class, 44mm. x 30mm., silver ii) Thailand, Order of the White Elephant, breast Badge, 5th Class, 57mm. x 31mm., silver-gilt and enamel jj) Thailand, Medal of the Order of the Crown of Thailand, ´Gold´ Class, 34mm., metal gilt kk) Cordon Culinaire Medal, 50mm. x 37mm., silver-gilt and enamel (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1963), reverse engraved ´R.H. Aubrey 20.7.65´, good very fine or better, with original permission to wear letters and/or certificates for all foreign awards, foreign awards all contained in original cases of issue (36) Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 M.V.O. London Gazette 1.1.1968 Royal Victorian Medal London Gazette 1.1.1968 Ronald Aubrey, born 1914; entered Royal Service as an Assistant Cook, 27.4.1937; Second Cook 1.10.1937; served with the Royal Air Force 9.9.1940 - 11.6.1941; Head Cook 1.5.1947; Royal Chef 14.10.1968; retired 1974; Ronald Aubrey died 1993.

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