Miniature Medals 750
The K.B.E., C.M.G. group of five miniature dress medals attributed to Sir Robert Smith, Governor of British North Borneo
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; British North Borneo Company General Service Medal 1937, mounted as worn and housed in a Spink, London, case, good very fine, the last rare (5)
£300-£400
Provenance: Christie’s, February 1982 (when sold alongside his full-sized medals). K.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1947: Charles Robert Smith, Esq., C.M.G., lately Governor of British North Borneo.
C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1941: Charles Robert Smith, Esq., Principal Representative in North Borneo of the British North Borneo (Chartered) Company.
Sir (Charles) Robert Smith was born on 13 November 1887 and was educated at Christ's Hospital, Horsham. He joined the North Borneo Civil Service as a cadet in 1913, and was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of North Borneo in 1937. Following the fall of North Borneo to the Japanese on 18 January 1942, Smith was interned by the Japanese at Berhala Island near Sandakan in North Borneo, and then at Batu Lintang camp, Sarawak, Borneo, until May 1943, after which time he was transferred to another camp in Manchuria.
Following the cessation of hostilities, Smith resumed his Governorship on 11 September 1945, before retiring in October 1946. Created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1947 New Year’s Honours’ List, he died on 4 November 1959.
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Family Group:
The D.S.O. group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Major Sir T. G. L. Lumley-Smith, 21st Lancers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Order of St John, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1937, court mounted by Spink and contained in a contemporary Spink case, good very fine
The group of seven miniature dress medals attributed to Captain C. H. Lumley-Smith, 16th/5th Lancers Order of St John, silver and enamel; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya, court mounted by Spink and contained in a contemporary Spink case, the lid gold embossed ‘Capt. C. H. Lumley-Smith 16/5 Lancers’, good very fine (13)
£140-£180
Major Sir Thomas Gabriel Lumley Lumley-Smith was born on 27 October 1879, oldest son of Sir Lumley Smith, K.C., Judge of City of London and Central Criminal Courts, 1901-13. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was commissioned into the 21st Lancers in 1900; served in Egypt and Gallipoli, 1915, and in France and Belgium, 1916-19, with 3rd Division and Cavalry Corps (despatches twice; D.S.O., 3 June 1918). Member of Council and Hon. Registrar, Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor; Grand Secretary of Mark Master Masons; Knight of Justice of the Order of St John and one of H.M.’s Lieutenants for the City of London. He died on 16 February 1961.
752
An unattributed O.B.E. group of seven miniature dress medals
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge; British War Medal 1914-20; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, mounted as worn, good very fine
An unattributed Boer War and Great War group of six miniature dress medals
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Army L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R., mounted as worn, good very fine (13)
£60-£80
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