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The Important Group of Medals, Awards, and Royal Presentation Boxes bestowed upon Rear Admiral the Hon. H. Carr Glyn, Naval Officer in Charge During the Special Operations on the Lower Danube, 1854 (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion (C.B.), breast Badge, by Garrard, London , gold ( Hallmarks for London 1875 ), and enamel, with gold riband buckle (b) Crimea, two clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (H. C. Glyn. Lieut H.M.S. Brittania), contemporarily engraved (c) TURKEY, Order of Medjidie, Third class neck Badge, 79 mm. x 65 mm., silver, gold and enamel (d) TURKEY, Turkish General Service Medal, Gold, with gold suspension bar (e) TURKEY, Turkish Crimea, British issue (f) PORTUGAL, Order of St. Benedict of Aviz, Star, 78 mm. x 70 mm., silver, gold and enamel, minor enamel damage to "Sacred Heart" appliqué (g) A group of five related miniature awards; Order of the Bath gold and enamel, with gold riband buckle; Order of the Star of India, gold and enamel, onyx cameo centre, Crimea, two clasps, Alma, Sebastopol; Turkish General Service Medal, gold, Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (h) A second group of three related miniature awards; Order of the Bath, gold and enamel, with gold riband buckle; Order of the Star of India, silver-gilt and enamel, onyx cameo centre, Turkey, Order of Medjidie, gold, silver and enamel (i) A Royal Presentation "Star of India" diamond set 18ct. Gold Box, the rectangular body by A. J. Strachan ( indistinct Hallmarks for London possibly 1822 ) 82 mm. x 57 mm., the sides with later blue enamel panels, the decorated with a crowned garter set with over 50 diamonds, enclosing an oval painted miniature of Albert Edward Prince of Wales half length in uniform, slight flaking , flanked by the diamond-set initials A - E, four large cushion cut diamonds in the corners, the whole enclosed within a gold and enamel border of red and white roses, lotus flowers, and palm-braches, representing the Collar of the Order of the Star of India, minor chips to the blue enamel panels , with gilt-leather label " Presented to Captain the Hon. H. G. Glyn by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on his return from India 1876 " and accompanied by a small oval silver medallion, A-E flanking the Prince of Wales Plumes within a garter, reverse , "HRH Albert Edward Prince of Wales India 1875-6" (j) A Russian Imperial Presentation Gold Box, the rectangular cartouche shaped body, of bombé from, chased with scrolling foliage, bearing Neuchâtel mark and maker's mark CMWS, the rim stamped 1143 and with St. Petersburg '56' import mark, the cover mounted with a pierced gold table set with small diamonds, a central oval raised frame of eighteen cushion cut diamonds enclosing a diamond set crowned AA II monogram on a blue enamel ground, with gilt leather label " Presented to Captain the Hon: H. C. Glyn by the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia 1877 " Alexis Alexandrovitch, Grand Prince of Russia and Grand Admiral (1850-1908), was the second son of Emperor Alexander II (k) Royal Navy Bosun's silver whistle ( Hallmarks for Birmingham 1827 ) by Joseph Willmore (l) Bronze medal for the Paris Exhibition of 1878, by Udiné, 86 mm., obverse , allegorical figures, reverse , plan of the Exhibition, with gilt leather label " Médaille Commemorative offerte pour services rendus Rear Admiral the Hon: H. Carr Glyn. President du Jury International des Récompenses Classe 67. Exposition Universelle Internationale Paris - 1878 " The entire group housed in a custom-made gilt-wood glazed display case, in protective wooden box by Dobson, Picadilly (15)