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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 490

The mounted group of three miniature dress medals attributed to Sir D. J. Jardine, author of The Mad Mullah of Somaliland

The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, C.M.G. Badge; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st Type, Civil Division Officer's Badge; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920, mounted as worn by Spink & Son, 5 King Street, good very fine, housed in a leather case (3)

Douglas James Jardine was born on 13 October 1888 and was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. A highly successful British colonial administrator, he held the posts of Governor of North Borneo, Sierra Leone and the Leeward Islands during his career. During the Somaliland rebellion of 1920, he was Officer in Charge H.Q. Services, Somaliland Expeditionary Force, having earned the O.B.E. in 1919; sold with copied research and a photograph of the recipient.

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£110