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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The Gibson Collection of Orders, Decorations and Medals
• Sale Date:
  09 Apr 2014 ~ 6.30pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  47
• Lot Description:
  Group of 3 to Honorary Lieutenant Sydney Spencer George, VD, Dunedin Garrison Band.
  (i) Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration (VD), Edward VII, hallmarked SG London 1909 (Honorary Lieut Sydney Spencer George, Dunedin Garrison Band 1910). Approximately 107 awarded. NZ Gazette 1 December 1910, page 3956. (ii) Volunteer Long Service Medal, Victoria (210 Bandmaster Sydney S George, Dunedin Gar Band Vols (1899). Granted 12 September 1899. Approximately 137 awarded. (iii) New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal (No 210 Bandmr Sydney S George, Dunedin Garrison Band Vols 1895). Granted 21 September 1895. First type, approximately 281 awarded. With research notes.
• Provenance:
  Purchased from B A Seaby Ltd., London (c1974); originally from the collection of the late Captain G T Stagg, SBStJ, FRNSNZ, RNZA(Rtd.) 1913-1971.
• Notes:
  Sydney Spencer George was born in Surrey, England and came to NZ with his parents in 1864. His father died in Dunedin in 1889, was noted lithographic draughtsman, and for years was employed in that capacity with Messrs Day and Son, London. George first joined the City Guards Band in 1878. When it was merged and became the Dunedin Garrison Band he was appointed bandmaster in 1890, and was gazetted Lieutenant in 1901. George who was a lithographic draughtsman, was a successful teacher of music, and earned a reputation in the colony as a clarinet soloist. George's two brothers, Sergeant Percy George, and Bandsman Herbert George, were both performers in the Garrison Band and held Imperial Service Medals for 20 years' service. (From p. 130 'Cyclopedia of New Zealand', vol. 4, Otago and Southland, 1905, with portrait of George wearing the second and third medals.)
• Estimate:
  NZ$2,000 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
  Undisclosed
• Category:
  Militaria & Weapons

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