Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Order of St. Lazarus and other insignia awarded to Albert Hamilton Hamilton-Hopkins

International, Military & Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem (5), neck/sash badge, 120 x 65mm., gilt base metal and enamel, in Toye, Kenning & Spencer case of issue; breast star, 87mm., gilt base metal and enamel, in case of issue, with evening sash ribbon; breast badge, 55 x 48mm., gilt metal and enamel; Officer’s breast badge, 46 x 40mm., lacking inter-arm ornamentation, gilt base metal and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Cross of Justice, breast cross, 59mm., pin-backed, gilt metal and enamel; Order of Merit of the Order of St. Lazarus, breast star with swords, 90mm., gilt metal and enamel, in case of issue, with full sash ribbon; A mounted group of six: Order of St. Lazarus, breast badge, with inter-arm ornamentation; Order of Merit of the Order of St. Lazarus, breast badge with swords, gilt metal and enamel; Grand Magistral Council Medal 1984, bronze; Reunion Medal 1988, silver base metal; Reunion Medal 1990, silver base metal; Grand Magistral Council Medal 1992, silver base metal, mounted as worn; Order of St. Lazarus, baton, 62cm. long; The Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, Kent, Past Chairman’s Badge, rev. inscribed, ‘A. Hamilton Hopkins 1978-79, silver-gilt and enamel, in case; Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators Medal, silvered metal, rev. inscribed, ‘A. H. Hamilton-Hopkins’, in plastic wallet; Sevenoaks Round Table, Past Chairman’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rev. inscribed, ‘A. Hamilton Hopkins 1951-52’, in case; Sevenoaks Rotary International, Past President’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rev. inscribed, ‘A. Hamilton Hopkins 1959-60’, in case; one other neck badge, gilt base metal, unnamed, generally extremely fine (lot) £360-400

Sold with award documents (4) appointing Albert Hamilton Hamilton-Hopkins a Knight of the Order of St. Lazarus, 1981; another, appointing him a Knight Commander, January 1985; another, appointing him a Knight Grand Cross, December 1988; another appointing him a Grand Cross of Merit, December, 1990. With another document appointing him to ‘La Associacion Española de Expertos Contables y Fiscales, July 1981; and a ‘Punch Table’ document - most of these in glass-fronted frames - not suitable for posting.