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The unusual K.C.M.G., C.I.E. group of ten awarded to Sir Edward Bonham-Carter, an ex-England international rugby player who went on to set up the legal frameworks of the Sudan and Iraq, and who “accidentally” became involved in the Katfia affair in which he was wounded THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, Knight Commander’s (K.C.M.G.) set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold pin, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue; THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE, Companions (C.I.E.) 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Sir E. Bonham Carter); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896 -1908, 1 clasp, Katfia, unnamed, these mounted court style as worn, in leather case; EGYPT, ORDER OF THE NILE, 2nd Class set of insignia, neck badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in J. Lattes case of issue; OTTOMAN EMPIRE, ORDER OF OSMANIA, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, some enamel damage; ITALY, MESSINA EARTHQUAKE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1908, silver, in case, generally good very fine (10)
£2500-3000
K.C.M.G. London Gazette 2 January 1920. Senior Judicial Official in the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia. C.M.G. London Gazette 25 June 1909. Legal Secretary to the Soudan Government. C.I.E. London Gazette 5 June 1919. Sudan Legal Department .
Order of the Nile, 2nd Class London Gazette 20 June 1916. Legal Secretary, Sudan Government. Order of Osmania, 3rd Class London Gazette 23 September 1902. Legal Secretary, Sudan Civil Administration (Reorganising the Sudan’s Islamic Law Courts). M.I.D. London Gazette 25 October 1916. ‘... to E. Bonham Carter, Esq., C.M.G.,Legal Secretary, I am indebted for much valuable advice on legal and other matters.’ (Egyptian Government Official). M.I.D. London Gazette 18 February 1919. Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. ‘.... distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 27 May 1919. ‘..... finally, I cannot close this despatch without a reference to the loss the Sudan Government sustained in 1917 when Mr. E. Bonham Carter, C.M.G., decided to accept the post of Senior Judicial Officer in the new Administration in Mesopotamia. Mr. Bonham Carter's services are too well known to Your Excellency to require commendation from me, but I should like to take this opportunity of thanking him for his unfailing support and sympathy and most helpful advice, not only in matters concerning his own Department, but in all the problems which confronted the Government during an anxious and difficult time ............’ (Political Dept., Indian Army)
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