British Miniature Groups with Japanese Orders and Medals

Group of miniatures that belong to Charles Vernon Hume. Sacred Treasure order and Russo-Japanese War medal.

"The first British Military Attache in Japan, De Boulay from the Royal Artillery had gone there in 1894. From then onwards the attaches had been relieved about every two years, though Colonel A G
Churchill had served in Tokyo for five years from 1898 to 1903. During the Russo-Japanese War the Military Attache was Colonel C V Hume."

Towle, Philip. (1998). "Aspects of the Russo-Japanese War: British Observers of the Russo-Japanese War," p. 23.​

 

 

Spink-made miniatures.

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal.

Case.

 

Another miniatures group from Spink.

 

Miniatures of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver

Henry Oliver - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

Miniatures of Admiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle. Admiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle, GCB MVO (16 November 1867 – 29 April 1958) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who served during the Victorian era and had risen to the rank of rear-admiral by the outbreak of the First World War. He played a role in developing fleet communications and signalling methods prior to the war, but was hampered in effectively implementing them due to the disruption caused by the conflict. He had an active seagoing career during the war, commanding several of the cruiser squadrons, and later taking command of the British fleet in the Aegean. Promoted to vice-admiral after the end of the war and given command of the First Battle Squadron, Fremantle oversaw the interned German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow, and was away on exercises when the sailors began to scuttle their ships in June 1919. He attempted to salvage what he could, later accusing the German commander, Vice-Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, of a shameful breach of honour. Fremantle rose to full admiral and commanded the naval base at Portsmouth, retiring in 1928. He wrote his memoirs, publishing them after the Second World War, and donated many of his papers to institutions before his death in 1958.​

Details.

100% Spink made Rising Sun order miniature.

 

Miniatures of Rear Admiral H. H. Share.

Details.

Original owner of the group with a full-size 3rd class Rising Sun order.

Hamnet Holditch Share was born in Penryn, Cornwall on 19 May 1864. Entering the Royal Navy in 1880, he served in the Egypt war of 1882 and served aboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert during 1892-99. He was appointed Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station 1899-1900 and Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station 1901-03. During 1903-04 he held the post of Private Secretary to Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, Governor of New South Wales and during 1904-8 held a similar post with Lord Northcote, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. In 1911 he was appointed Secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, then in command of the Atlantic Fleet, and remained with Jellicoe when he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet 1914-17. Present at Jutland, he was awarded the C.B. in 1916 and gained the St. Anne 2nd Class, Rising Sun 3rd Class, Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre for his war services. He served as Secretary to Admiral of Fleet Viscount Jellicoe on the Naval Mission to India and the Dominions, 1919-20 and was awarded the K.B.E. in 1920, retiring from the navy the following year. As Paymaster Rear-Admiral (retired) he was appointed Gentleman Usher in Ordinary to the King 1922-34 and was awarded the C.V.O. in 1934, the same year he was appointed Extra Gentleman Usher. Rear-Admiral Share died on 26 June 1937.​

 

Spink-made group of miniatures.
Cavalier unknown.

 

Miniatures of Admiral George Alexander Ballard.

George Alexander Ballard was born on 7 March 1862, a son of General J. A. Ballard C.B. Educated on H.M.S. Britannia, he entered the Royal Navy in 1875. As a a Sub-Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant) on H.M.S. Hecla he served in the Eastern Sudan 1884, including the battle of Tamaai, and for his services was specially promoted to Lieutenant. During the Burma campaign of 1885-7 he served as Naval A.D.C. to General Prendergast and was mentioned in despatches. He served under Captain Clutterbuck, R.N. in H.M.S. Irrawaddy at the capture of King Theebaw’s steamer, the occupation of his palace and all subsequent operations on the river.

During the Boxer Rebellion, he was Commander in H.M.S. Iris. Promoted Captain in 1903, he commanded the battleships Commonwealth in 1909 and Britannia in 1910. He was appointed Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty War Staff in 1912 and A.D.C. to the King in 1913 and was awarded the C.B. in the King’s 1913 Birthday Honours List. Appointed Commodore 1st Class, as Admiral of Patrols in May 1914 and Rear-Admiral in August 1914.In September 1916 he was appointed Senior Officewr in charge of the Naval Establishment at Malta. After the war, further promotions followed, being appointed Vice-Admiral in 1919 and Admiral in 1924. He was placed on the Retired List in 1921. He died on 16 September 1948.

He was winner of the Gold Medal of the Royal United Service Institution and the first French-Gascoigne prize for 1897 and 1898. Awarded the French Legion of Honour, Commander (London Gazette 21 June 1918); Italian Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus, 4th Class (London Gazette 17 October 1919) and Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class, then 1st Class (London Gazette 8 March 1920).​

 

Spink made miniatures of Instructor Captain Guy Varley Rayment, C.B.E., Royal Navy.

Guy Varley Rayment was born on 27 January 1878 and gained a B.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the Royal Navy in 1901 as a Naval Instructor. He served at the R.N. College, Greenwich, 1901-04 and in March 1907 he qualified as an Interpreter in Japanese. Posted to H.M.S. Kent on the China Station in 1912. Throughout the Great War Rayment served in the Naval Intelligence Division, mostly in the Far East. He was ranked as Instructor Commander in June 1915. In 1923 he was appointed Instructor, Naval Intelligence, West Indies Station. In April 1926 he was appointed to the battleship H.M.S. Revenge. On promotion to Instructor Captain in July 1927 he took up the post of Fleet Education Officer, Mediterranean Fleet, 1927-31. Afterwards he held the post of Professor of Navigation at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich until his retirement in 1933. Awarded the C.B.E. in 1912; awarded the White Elephant and Striped Tiger in 1919 and the Sacred Treasure in 1920.​

 

Miniatures of Major and Lieutenant Commander B.F. Fowler A.F.C., Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force.





Croneen, masonic jeweller, Gillingham, Kent.



Major and Lieutenant Commander B.F. Fowler A.F.C., Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force flew as a seaplane pilot during the Great War and was one of the 30 aviators selected to instruct the fledgling Japanese Air Force in the early 1920’s. He also was awarded with merit medal of the Imperial Aviation Society of Japan.

 

Exellent group with of 7th class Sacred Treasure miniature.



Belong to Jesse William Gower, Page of the Presence.

Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930’, named (J. Gower); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911, silver; Denmark, King’s Medal of Recompense, Christian IX, silver; Denmark, King’s Medal of Recompense, Christian X, silver-gilt; Greece, Royal Household Medal, George I, silver-gilt; Noway, King’s Commemoration Medal, Haakon VII, silver with crown, repaired; Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, silver; Italy, Royal Service Medal, Victor Emanuel III, silver; Spain, Order of Military Merit, silver cross; Portugal, Coronation Medal 1889, Carlos I, silver; Japan, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 7th Class, silver-gilt; Montenegro, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas, silver; Persia, Medal of the Order of the Lion and the Sun, silver-gilt, mounted court style for wear; together with a miniature Prussia, Medal of the Order of the Crown, gilt.​

Jersse William Gower was born on 30 October 1866 at Sandridge, Godstone, Surrey. He began his service in the household of the Duke of Portland before joining the Royal Household where he served for over 50 years. He was appointed a Page of the Presence 1st Class in May 1910. On the occasion of the King’s Birthday on 3 June 1917, Gower was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Silver. In 1930 he was awarded the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal. During the course of his career he was awarded two British Coronation and two Jubilee Medals, together with a host of foreign medals. Gower retired in 1936 and died on 26 August 1943, being buried at Putney Vale.​

His full-size medal bar.



Close-up.

 

2nd class Sacred Treasure + 4th class Rising Sun in stunning group.

 

Rising Sun close-up.

 

Spink-made group of miniatures.

Rising Sun order miniature (practically identical to the badge in previous group).

Original case.

 

Another Spink-made group that belong to Major-General Sir Alfred William Fortescue Knox.

About Sir Alfred William Fortescue Knox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Knox

 

Miniatures of Admiral Sir Arthur Alan Morison Duff http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Arthur_Allan_Morison_Duff

Obviously these are Spink-made miniatures.

He was awarded with 3rd class Rising Sun order in 1918.

 

Miniatures of Colonel Sir Charles Wyndham Murray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Murray

 

This group with 4th class Sacred Treasure order belong to Sir James Sleeman, Colonel, Royal Sussex Regiment, and Chief of Staff of the New Zealand Forces.

James Sleeman was director of Military Training and attache to the Japanese Fleet on war service during 1916-18.

 

Another nice Spink-made group with the Sacred Treasure order and order of the Dannebrog (photo courtesy of the owner).