A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman

The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Major-General Sir Harold Parsons, K.C.M.G., C.B., Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late West Surrey Regiment

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, badge, gold and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military), badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-9; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King’ South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, badge, with swords, gilt and enamel; Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, badge, with swords, gold and enamel; United States of America, Distinguished Service Medal (Army), bronze and enamel; Belgium, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, mounted as worn and contained in an old Spink & Son case, generally good very fine (12) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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For the recipient’s full-size Honours & Awards, and biographical footnote, see previous Lot.