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Good Morning Gentlemen.......

I was told about this 2 days AFTER the auction......

Someone got a very good deal.......

I forgot to add that this was in the Bene Merenti / Christian Lehrle Auctions in Germany

1100 Euros......... + extras of course......

Great Britian: Award declining of Colonel Stewart Bogle-Smith, Commanding Officer of the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards.

1.) Most honorable Bath-Order, 2nd edition (since 1815), military department, decoration to Companion
2.) most excellent order of the British Empire , 1st edition (1917-1937), military department, decoration to Commander
3.) Queen South Africa Medal, combat clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and 1902, new name
4.) star 1914-15 5.) war medal 1914-20 6.) Victory medal the last four with marginal-stamping L.T. COLONEL S.BOGLE SMITH, 1ST DGN: GDS:, or COL. ... REMOUNT.SERV.



Mike

well, maybe...the group has been stripped of an Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) since it was sold in April 2014 in the UK.

Hi Meurig......

Went back and looked at the original listing and there was no mention of the Austrian piece......

What did it sell for in 2014 ?????

Mike

Hello Mike

Details here:

www.auction-net.co.uk/viewAuction.php?id=1860&offset=450
www.lawrences.co.uk/news.php?m=5&y=2014

£3580 (not clear if this is hammer or inclusive) - but this included other medals to Lt JA Bogle-Smith and a silver plated figure of a soldier.

Regards
Meurig

Hi Meriug......

Here was the auction: www.benemerenti.de/php/us_startseite.php

They were broken up into 3 lots - 453, 454 and 455 - www.benemerenti.de/php/us_vorschau.php?lnr=4&wnr=ABB

If you look at Lot 457 there were a number of other items with that one that have been split into different lots......

Mike

Morning Mike

I picked up the Bene Merenti auction from www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb - well worth a weekly browse.

The piece that is missing is the Iron Crown - the one item that sets Bogle-Smith's group apart.

Someone has either lost a valuable order, decided he wasn't entitled (I can't get the London Gazette to show me the award, it would have been gazetted I am assuming), or stripped the order out and resold the remaining medals.

The award is confirmed in the regimental history, which is referred to here: lweidemannhv.powweb.com/images/MAGYAR%20...%20WINTER%202011.pdf .

Regards
Meurig