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№ 520

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23 June 2021

Hammer Price:
£380

A Royal Household Long Service group of three awarded to R. J. Batterbee, a Trapper in the Game Department at the Sandringham Estate

Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1913-1933’, with additional ‘Thirty Years’ clasp (Batterbee, Robert John) minor edge bruise to the second, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400

Robert John Batterbee was born at Dersingham, Norfolk in 1879. He is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as ‘Employee, Game Dept., Sandringham’, and on the medal roll for the 1937 Coronation Medal as ‘Trapper at Sandringham’.