Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
HONOURS AND AWARDS BESTOWED UPON SIR PETER MARKHAM SCOTT 165 The C.H., C.B.E., Second War 1943 ‘Coastal Forces’ D.S.C. and Bar Group of Eight to Lieutenant-Commander Sir Peter Markham Scott, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Who Commanded a Flotilla of Steam Gun Boats in the English Channel During the War, was Honoured For His Gallantry at the Actions in the Baie de la Seine, April 1943, and off Cap d’Antifer, September 1943, and was Mentioned in Despatches for the Dieppe Raid, August 1942; A Celebrated Painter, Naturalist, and Olympic Sportsman, He Later Founded the World Wide Fund For Nature and was Knighted For His Services to Conservation a) The Order of the Companion’s of Honour, Member’s (C.H.) neck Badge, E.II.R., 68mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1978) and enamel, minor enamel damage to motto, in Toye Kenning and Spencer, London, case of issue, with full and miniature width neck ribands b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Commander’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, 81mm including crown suspension x 64mm, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London, case of issue, with full and miniature width neck ribands c) Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., silver (Hallmarks for London 1942), reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1943’, in Garrard, London, case of issue d) 1939-1945 Star e) Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar f) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf, the Second War Campaign Awards all in card box of issue, named to ‘Lt Cdr P.M. Scott- MBE. DSC- RN.’ and addressed to ‘The New Grounds, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire’ g) Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of the Golden Ark, Commander’s neck Badge, 71mm including wreath suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks to reverse, in Royal Mint, Utrecht, case of issue, with neck riband and lapel rosette, extremely fine, with the following related documents &c.: - Bestowal Document for the C.H., named to Sir Peter Markham Scott, C.B.E., D.S.C., and dated 13.6.1987, contained in a glazed frame - Copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and List of Members, 1987 - Bestowal Document for the C.B.E., named to Lieutenant-Commander Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.V.R., and dated 1.6.1953 - Two letters to the recipient on behalf of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty regarding the award of the D.S.C., dated 30.6.1943, and the award of the Second Award Bar to the D.S.C., dated 22.11.1943, both contained in glazed frames - Three Mentioned in Despatches certificates, dated 8.7.1941, 2.10.1942, and 28.9.1943, all contained in glazed frames - Letter to the recipient from Admiral Sir Charles Little, G.B.E., K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, dated 1.1.1945, contained in a glazed frame www.spink.com
Lieutenant-Commander Sir Peter Scott, on the Bridge of S.G.B. Grey Goose
- Bestowal Document for the Order of the Golden Ark, named to Sir Peter Scott, C.B.E., D.S.C., LL.D., and dated 1.1.1976, contained in scroll holder of issue, together with citation, - Copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Golden Ark - the recipient’s ‘Walley Medal’, the reverse named to ‘P.M. Scott M.B.E.’, together with a handwritten note stating ‘This medal was awarded to me by the Howard family on my return from the Dieppe Raid in August 1942’ (lot) £5,000-7,000 C.H. London Gazette 13.6.1987 Sir Peter Markham Scott, C.B.E., D.S.C. ‘For services to conservation.’ C.B.E. London Gazette 1.6.1953 Lieutenant-Commander Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.V.R., Director, Severn Wildfowl Trust. M.B.E. London Gazette 11.6.1942 Temporary Lieutenant Peter Markham Scott, R.N.V.R. D.S.C. London Gazette 1.6.1943 Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant-Commander) Peter Markham Scott, M.B.E., R.N.V.R. ‘For skill and gallantry in action with enemy light forces.’ The Recommendation, dated 17.4.1943, states: ‘This Officer led a mixed Flotilla of one Steam Gun Boat and two Motor Gun Boats against a more heavily armed force of three trawlers off Le Havre in bright moonlight on the 16th April 1943. The result was two of the enemy severely mauled by gunfire. Lieutenant Commander Scott, M.B.E., has been in five previous Coastal Force actions with the enemy, and the