Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 35
Field Marshal´s Baton, 540mm, gold (18 carat, Hallmarks for London 1907) top and bottom mounts, the main baton covered in Imperial purple velvet and studded with eighteen gold lions, the base inscribed ´From His Majesty Edward VII King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Field Marshal the Rt. Hon. The Lord Grenfell, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. 1908.´, surmounted by a superbly modelled gold equestrian figure of St. George slaying the Dragon, the velvet worn in parts, slight damage to St. George´s lance, and the equestrian figure slightly loose, otherwise extremely fine Estimate £ 35,000-45,000
Sold for
£45,000