Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry

A well documented post-War ‘Royal Household’ M.V.O. group of nine awarded to G. E. Hill, Esq., Clerk of the Works at Buckingham Palace The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1004’, in Collingwood, London, case of issue; Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘George E. Hill, Esq., The Royal Gardens, Buckingham Palace, Lower Grosvenor Place, London, SW1’; Italy, Republic, Order of Merit, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with lapel rosette, in Arturo Pozzi, Rome, case of issue; Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit, Knight’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with lapel bow, in Juncker, Berlin, case of issue; Persia, Empire, Order of the Lion and the Sun, Fifth Class breast badge, silver and enamel, with lapel riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue; France, Colonial, Order of the Black Star, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with lapel riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue; Nepal, Kingdom, Order of Trishakti-Patta, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, with central bronze kukri, in case of issue; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, bilingual motto, in Walravens, Brussels, case of issue; Sudan, Republic, Order of the Two Niles, 2nd type, Fifth Class breast badge, silver and enamel, in Garrard, London, case of issue; together with the recipient’s miniature British awards (M.V.O. and Defence Medal) mounted as worn, generally nearly extremely fine and better (9) £600-£800 --- M.V.O. Fifth Class London Gazette 2 June 1962. Italian Order of Merit awarded 9 May 1958. German Order of Merit awarded 12 December 1958. Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun awarded 4 May 1959. French Order of the Black Star awarded 24 May 1960. Nepalese Order of Trishakti-Patta awarded 18 November 1960. Belgian Order of Leopold II awarded 2 July 1963. Sudan Order of the Two Niles awarded 21 May 1964. George E. Hill served as Clerk of Works at Buckingham Palace. Sold with the named Bestowal Documents for the Italian, German, French, and Sudanese Orders, housed in their original scroll tube holders; various Buckingham Palace letters regarding the awards, giving the recipient Restricted Permission to wear them; various letters of congratulations on the occasion of the recipient’s award of the M.V.O., a copy of the statutes of the Royal Victorian Order and copies of the London Gazette announcing the award; and the recipient’s Freedom of the City of London Parchment Scroll, in embossed scroll tube holder.