The nationally important Order of Merit group of sixteen awarded to Sir Basil Spence (1907-76), the distinguished post-war architect, and architect of Coventry Cathedral The Order of Merit, E.II.R., Civil Division neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, minor enamel damage; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, rev. dated, ‘1957’, these unnamed as issued; Royal Institute of British Architects Silver Medal (1931), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of a column, rev. inscribed, ‘Board of Architectural Education awarded to Basil Spence Edinburgh College of Art, School of Architecture’, 88mm., silver; Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Medal (1931), obv. bust of Sir R. Rowand Anderson left, by Hazel Armour, rev. Edinburgh Castle, inscribed, ‘Basil Spence, 1931’, 58mm., silver; Royal Institute of British Architects Pugin Medal (1933), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of an ornate column, mural crown above, rev. heraldic shield (Basil Spence Pugin Student, 1933), 57mm., silver, American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellows Badge (1959), by M.A.C., New York, obv. stylized eagle with an olive branch in its talons, superimposed upon a column, rev. inscribed, ‘Basil Spence 1959’, oval, 39 x 32.5mm., silver, with suspension mount, with neck cravat; Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Fellows Medal (1960), obv. seated architect in classical garments, a winged cherub presents a sprig of foliage, a temple in the background, rev. inscription (name and date engraved), ‘Basil Spence, Honourary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1960’, 46mm., bronze-gilt, ring suspension, with neck cravat; Royal Institute of British Architects Bronze Medal (1963), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of a column, rev. two builders at work, St. Paul’s Cathedral in the background (Sir Basil Spence O.M., O.B.E., T.D., R.A., A.R.S.A., R.D.I., P.P.R.I.B.A. Falmer House, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton), 63mm., bronze; City of Coventry Award of Merit (1970), obv. stylized phoenix rising from the flames, three crosses in the background, rev. plain, rectangular, 45 x 26mm., gold, 30.7g., hallmarks for Birmingham, unnamed, complete with gold and enamel brooch bar, inscribed, ‘Coventry Award of Merit’; Medal of the Academia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome (1972), obv. man in classical garments, knelt, writting upon a scroll, a winged bull in the background, rev. inscribed, ‘Basil Spence, MCMLXXII’, 55mm., bronze, ring suspension, with neck cravat; with associated lapel badge, gilt and enamel; French Academie d’Architecture, Grande Medaille d’Or (1974), obv. stylized ornamented column by H. Navarre, inscribed in exergue, ‘Grande Medaille d’Or 1974 Sir Basil Spence Architecte’, rev. seated figure in classical garments enclosed by wreath, 68mm., gold, 212g., edge stamped, ‘1974’ and ‘3or’, some with minor (pin?) marks to edge, in general nearly extremely fine (17) £6000-8000 Footnote O.M. London Gazette 23.11.1962 O.B.E. (Civil Division) London Gazette 1.1.1948 Basil Urwin Spence was born in Bombay on 13 Aug. 1907, the elder son of a chemist in the Indian Civil Service. When he was twelve, Spence, whose family were from Orkney, was sent home to Scotland to be educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. Having shown a particular ability in drawing he enrolled in 1925 at the Edinburgh College of Art to study sculpture, but then switched to architecture. Spence excelled as a student, and during 1929-30 he completed his practical assignment in London, attending evening classes at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College, and by day working as an assistant in the London office of Sir Edwin Lutyens where he helped prepare designs for Lutyens' Viceroy House in New Delhi. Spence imbibed Lutyens' masterly combination o
The nationally important Order of Merit group of sixteen awarded to Sir Basil Spence (1907-76), the distinguished post-war architect, and architect of Coventry Cathedral The Order of Merit, E.II.R., Civil Division neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, minor enamel damage; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, rev. dated, ‘1957’, these unnamed as issued; Royal Institute of British Architects Silver Medal (1931), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of a column, rev. inscribed, ‘Board of Architectural Education awarded to Basil Spence Edinburgh College of Art, School of Architecture’, 88mm., silver; Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Medal (1931), obv. bust of Sir R. Rowand Anderson left, by Hazel Armour, rev. Edinburgh Castle, inscribed, ‘Basil Spence, 1931’, 58mm., silver; Royal Institute of British Architects Pugin Medal (1933), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of an ornate column, mural crown above, rev. heraldic shield (Basil Spence Pugin Student, 1933), 57mm., silver, American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellows Badge (1959), by M.A.C., New York, obv. stylized eagle with an olive branch in its talons, superimposed upon a column, rev. inscribed, ‘Basil Spence 1959’, oval, 39 x 32.5mm., silver, with suspension mount, with neck cravat; Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Fellows Medal (1960), obv. seated architect in classical garments, a winged cherub presents a sprig of foliage, a temple in the background, rev. inscription (name and date engraved), ‘Basil Spence, Honourary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1960’, 46mm., bronze-gilt, ring suspension, with neck cravat; Royal Institute of British Architects Bronze Medal (1963), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of a column, rev. two builders at work, St. Paul’s Cathedral in the background (Sir Basil Spence O.M., O.B.E., T.D., R.A., A.R.S.A., R.D.I., P.P.R.I.B.A. Falmer House, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton), 63mm., bronze; City of Coventry Award of Merit (1970), obv. stylized phoenix rising from the flames, three crosses in the background, rev. plain, rectangular, 45 x 26mm., gold, 30.7g., hallmarks for Birmingham, unnamed, complete with gold and enamel brooch bar, inscribed, ‘Coventry Award of Merit’; Medal of the Academia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome (1972), obv. man in classical garments, knelt, writting upon a scroll, a winged bull in the background, rev. inscribed, ‘Basil Spence, MCMLXXII’, 55mm., bronze, ring suspension, with neck cravat; with associated lapel badge, gilt and enamel; French Academie d’Architecture, Grande Medaille d’Or (1974), obv. stylized ornamented column by H. Navarre, inscribed in exergue, ‘Grande Medaille d’Or 1974 Sir Basil Spence Architecte’, rev. seated figure in classical garments enclosed by wreath, 68mm., gold, 212g., edge stamped, ‘1974’ and ‘3or’, some with minor (pin?) marks to edge, in general nearly extremely fine (17) £6000-8000 Footnote O.M. London Gazette 23.11.1962 O.B.E. (Civil Division) London Gazette 1.1.1948 Basil Urwin Spence was born in Bombay on 13 Aug. 1907, the elder son of a chemist in the Indian Civil Service. When he was twelve, Spence, whose family were from Orkney, was sent home to Scotland to be educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. Having shown a particular ability in drawing he enrolled in 1925 at the Edinburgh College of Art to study sculpture, but then switched to architecture. Spence excelled as a student, and during 1929-30 he completed his practical assignment in London, attending evening classes at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College, and by day working as an assistant in the London office of Sir Edwin Lutyens where he helped prepare designs for Lutyens' Viceroy House in New Delhi. Spence imbibed Lutyens' masterly combination o
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