A couple recently acquired miniature groups. The first one is said to have been originally sold as part of the estate of International Olympic Committee member Hugh Weir, CBE.
One of only eight Australians to receive the 1956 Medal of Merit of the Equestrian Games.
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Medal of Merit of the 1956 Equestrian Games
The second one is another commonwealth group attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry C. Carden, Bt., 17th/21st Lancers. Following text taken from the auction site;
Sir Henry Christopher Carden, Bt., was born on 16 October 1908, the son of Major Sir Frederick Carden, 3rd Baronet, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. Commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers in 1928, he served with them in Egypt and India from 1930 to 1939, before attending the Staff College in 1941. He commanded 2 Armoured Delivery Regiment during the Second World War in France post-D-Day, and was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel. After further service as Commanding Officer of the 17th/21st Lancers in Greece and Palestine from 1947 to 1948 (General Service Medal with clasp Palestine 1945-48), he joined the War Office in 1948, and was appointed Military Attaché in Stockholm in 1951, for which services he was awarded the Commander of the Order of the Sword in 1954. He retired in 1956.
Sir Henry succeeded to the Baronetcy upon the death of his father on 22 September 1966, and in 1970 sold the family seat, Stargrove House near Newbury, to the singer and songwriter Mick Jagger, of the rock band the Rolling Stones (an apocryphal story has it that Jagger was high on LSD when he unwittingly bought the house). Sir Henry died on 4 February 1993, being succeeded to the Baronetcy by his only son.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
1939-45 Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal 1939-1945
War Medal 1939-1945
General Service Medal 1918-62
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Order of the Sword, Commander