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1921 GEORGE V SIGNS LICENSE TO WEAR THE
CROSS OF CHEVALIER
OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR
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Item Ref: BSL - George V 1921
License
(1800-1874)
A Beautiful Collection of British Dignity Documentation
1) A letter from 1920 from the War Office (embossed
letterhead) notifying Warner Herbert Taylor Ottley, Assistant Principal
Clerk of the War Office, that he had been awarded the Chevalier Cross of
the Legion of Honour by the French Government and notification that the
King would Grant him a License to Wear it at Court
2) The License to Wear Honour personally signed
by King George V and counter-signed by Edward Shortt the
Secretary of State, Home Secretary
3) An embossed Buckingham Palace Medal and License transmission letter
for George's Silver Jubilee.
4) An embossed Buckingham Palace Medal and License transmission letter
for Edward VIII's Coronation.
5) And Finally a letter from the Prime Minister's Office (on embossed
Letterhead, 10 Downing Street) dated 1944 wherein W.H.T. Ottley, Esq. is
asked whether it would be agreeable to him to be appointed a Companion
of the Order of the Bath.
While the vast majority of signings by George V are stamped facsimiles, this is a handwritten autograph by the King and not a reproduction or facsimile. All the documents are in Very Fine Condition and represent a wonderful opportunity to acquire a great diversity of embossed letterheads from the Home Office, the War Office, The Prime Minister's Office and Buckingham Palace as well as an authentic King George V signature on a License to Wear the Chevalier Cross of the Legion of Honour.
Offered
by Berryhill & Sturgeon, Ltd. .................................
$ SOLD