Medal set
Category
Coins and medals
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Textile
Measurements
90 x 92 mm
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881748
Summary
Set of three medals, the Order of St. John on black riband, a Coronation 1937 medal on red, white and blue riband and Coronation 1953 medal on red, blue and white riband.
Provenance
The Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 6th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, was vice-chairman of the Cornwall Joint War Committee of the Red Cross and St. John and in 1947 he was made an Officer of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem. . He gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953.a gift from Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave the house to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there until his death in 1966.