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Auction: 5020 - The Ivan Buck Collection and Other Properties
Lot: 504

Elizabeth II (1952 - ), Maundy Set, 1953 ( 4 coins), young laureate head right, rev. crowned value within wreath (ESC 2570; S.4126), toned, mint state; the rarest date, as issued in original case, with much additional material and a full history of the recipient

Estimate £ 300-400The Maundy service for 1953 took place in St. Paul´s Cathedral, London and this particular set was presented to Yeoman F. J. Humphrey, D.C.M. West Yorkshire Regiment who was present at this service. Sold with pictures of Yeoman F Humphrey in uniform on parade with the Golden Coach for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937, and with supporting notes and letters and a scrapbook of his time as a Yeoman of the Guard. Born on the 17th February 1891, F.J. Humphrey served time in India in the late 1920´s and was appointed as a Yeoman of the Guard in January 1936. . He lived in Wallington, Surrey, and served with the Queen´s Bodyguard until his death in the late 1960´s.

Sold for
£340