Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse officially impressed ‘Lt. Col. R. H. Palmer Dufferin Rifles’, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1919) and silver-gilt, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue, gilding slightly ribbed, good very fine £200-240

R. H. Palmer was appointed Medical Officer of the 38th Regiment (Dufferin Rifles) of Canada, with the rank of Major, on 22 October 1896, and was promoted honorary Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 October 1906.

Note: There are two entries for R. H. Palmer on the roll of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, the first per General Order 34 of 1918 to ‘Hon. Lt.-Col. R. H. Palmer, 38th Regt.’, and the second per General Order 31 of 1921 to ‘Lt.-Col. R. H. Palmer, Dufferin Rifles.’
It may well be, therefore, that the Decoration included in this lot is an official replacement.