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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 8

A Second War Group of Eleven to Lieutenant P.H. Fox, Royal Artillery; Consul at Falmouth, and High Sheriff of Cornwall
a) 1939-1945 Star
b) France and Germany Star
c) Defence and War Medals
d) Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange-Nassau, Officer´s breast Badge, 68mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband
e) Sweden, Kingdom, Order of Vasa, Knight´s breast Badge, 63mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver-gilt and enamel
f) Norway, Kingdom, Order of St. Olav, Knight´s breast Badge, 61mm including crown suspension x 43mm, silver and enamel
g) Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog, Officer´s breast Badge, M.R. (1972-), 61mm including crown suspension x 29mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband
h) Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, Knight´s breast Badge, 60mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver-gilt and enamel
i) Norway, Kingdom, Norway, Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Knight´s breast Badge, by Tostrop, Oslo, 44mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker´s cartouche on reverse
j) Spain, Kingdom, Order of Merit, Civil Division, Commander´s neck Badge, 72mm including wreath suspension x 49mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, generally nearly extremely fine or better, mounted court-style as worn, the last in Cejalvo, Madrid, case of issue, with the recipient´s related miniature awards, these housed in a Spink, London, fitted case; a selection of related lapel rosettes; and the following bestowal documents &c.:
- Commission appointing Philip Hamilton Fox to be Honorary Consul of the King of Sweden at Falmouth, dated 19.2.1981; together with Official French translation and Official Approval Document, dated 26.5.1981
- Bestowal Document for the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau, dated 18.4.1963; together with a copy of the Statutes of the Order; Permission to Wear Document; and accompanying letter
- Bestowal Document for the Swedish Order of Vasa, dated 9.5.1967; together with accompanying letter; and Permission to Wear Document
- Bestowal Document for the Norwegian Order of St. Olav, dated 15.8.1973, in presentation folder
- Bestowal Document for the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, Knight, dated 10.12.1979
- Bestowal Document for the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, Officer, dated 12.12.1989; together with Permission to Wear letter
- Bestowal Document for the Swedish Order of the North Star, dated 12.9.1983
- Bestowal Document for the Norwegian Order of Merit, dated 27.3.1987, in presentation folder
- Bestowal Document for the Spanish Order of Merit, dated 6.12.1993 (lot)

Lieutenant Philip Hamilton Fox, born May 1922, the son of Major C.L. Fox, M.C.; educated at Harrow and Magdalene College, Cambridge; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 10.4.1943, and served with the Artillery during the Second World War; appointed Consul of Sweden at Falmouth; Vice-Consul for the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and Spain; Appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall 1973; died October 2005.

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£2,100