Miniature Medals

An unattributed O.B.E. mounted group of four miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, gilding somewhat rubbed from first, otherwise very fine An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901; Coronation 1902, bronze; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R., mounted as worn, good very fine The mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Acting Warrant Officer Class II J. L. Davis, Hampshire Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, mounted as worn, good very fine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt; Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., these both loose, very fine (13) £70-£90 --- John L. Davis attested for the Hampshire Yeomanry and served with them during Great War, being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal ‘in recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders’ (London Gazette 18 January 1919). For the recipient’s full sized awards, see Lot 282.