Picture courtesy of Bonhams
MVO numbered (225);
QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Major.E.A.Herbert. 6/Drgns.);
KSA (2) (Major E.A.Herbert Innis. Dgns.);
British War and Victory Medal with M.I.D. Oakleaf (Brig Gen. E.A.Herbert);
Jubilee 1897.
With corresponding miniatures which include a C.M.G., and a Serbian Order of the White Eagle.
Brigadier General E.A.Herbert, 6th Dragoons, C.M.G. London Gazette 3.6.1919.
M.V.O. London Gazette 5.5.1904. Commanded Escort of the 6th Dragoons, College of Science, Dublin.
M.I.D. London Gazette 1.12.1916.
Serbia, Order of the White Eagle. London Gazette 15.2.1917.
Brigadier General Edmund Arthur Herbertwas father of M.K.de Baissac (nee Herbert) was born in 1866, he joined the Inniskilling Dragoons in 1886; Captain 1897; Major 1902; Lt.Col 1904; Bt Col 1907 (h-p 1908); Col 1909 (hp 1918), retired as Honorary Brigadier General 1919.
Served in Zululand 1888; South Africa 1899-1902, present at the action at Colesberg, and at operations in Transvaal and Orange River Colonies. He was A.D.C. to Gov. and C in C Straits Settlements 1894-97; commanded the escort at the laying of the foundation stone of the College of Science in Dublin on the occasion of the state visit to Ireland. Commanded Welsh Border Mounted Brigade (Territorial) 1912-14, served as a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouthshire.
Part of larger lot containing his son's SOE DSO*.