Coins and Historical Medals

BELGIUM, 25th Anniversary of the Union Intercommunale des Centrales Éléctriques du Brabant, 1953, a bronze medal by G.A. Brunet for Fonson, 70mm; City of Namur, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (A.S.E. Sir Christopher Warner, K.C.M.G., Ambassadeur de Grande Bretagne à Bruxelles, 17-3-1953), 60mm; City of Ghent, a bronze award medal by F. de Cuyper for Fonson, named (Z. Exc. Sir Christopher Warner, K.C.M.G., Ambassadeur van Groot-Brittannië 15.vii.1954), 68mm; Fraternelle des Agents Parachutistes, a bronze award plaque by P. de Soete, named (Sir Christopher Warner, K.C.M.G., 5.11.1954), 108 x 71mm; La Province de Liège, 1946, a bronze award medal by E. Hangels for Fonson, named (En Hommage à son Excellence Sir Christopher F.A. Warner, K.C.M.G., Ambassadeur de Grande-Bretagne en Belgique, le 2 Decembre 1954), 100mm [5]. Extremely fine; in cases of issue except for the first £90-£120

Sir Christopher Frederick Ashton Warner, GBE, KCMG (1895-1957), career civil servant; educ. Winchester and Magdalen College, Oxford; entered the Foreign Service 1920; appointed second secretary 1923; served in Constantinople and Teheran 1923-8; first secretary 1930; acting counsellor 1940; appointed to take charge of the mission to the Norwegian government in London, 1941; assistant under-secretary of state at the Foreign Office, 1945; ambassador to Belgium 1951-5