Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. Including a superb collection of medals to the King’s German Legion, Police Medals from the Collection of John Tamplin and a small collection of medals to the Irish Guards

The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals attributed to Brigadier-General The Hon. A. M. Henley, 2nd Dragoons & 5th Lancers, Order of St. Michael & St. George, gold and enamel, ring suspension; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold and enamel, complete with top bar; Queen’s South Africa, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg; King’s South Africa, 2 clasps; 1914 Star, with bar; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Fine Collection of Dress Miniatures formed by the late Derek Robinson.

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Anthony Morton was born in 1873, the son of the 3rd Baron Henley. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, he was called to the Bar in 1897. He enlisted into the Imperial Yeomanry in 1899 and served in the Boer War with the Scots Greys 1900-07 and then with the 5th Lancers 1907-14. On the General Staff 1914-17, he commanded the 127th Infantry Brigade 1917-19. For his services he was mentioned in despatches, awarded the C.M.G. in 1919 and the D.S.O. in 1916 and received the brevets of Major in 1915, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1917 and Colonel in 1919. Brigadier-General The Hon. Anthony Henley died in 1925.