Lot 2161 , An archive relating to Captain John Norman Tait D.S.C. (RN), including a Distinguished Service Cross group awarded to him, with other archive material relating to other members of the Tait family, including William Tait

An archive relating to Captain John Norman Tait D.S.C. (RN), including a Distinguished Service Cross group awarded to him, with other archive material relating to other members of the Tait family, including William Tait M.B. (Staff Surgeon, RN), and Admiral Sir William Campbell Tait, K.C.B. M.V.O., the medal group comprises of; a DSC, First World War trio, WWII pair, 1939-45 Star and The Atlantic Star, together with an Order of St. Sava, an Egyptian medal miniature, and an OBE, together with photographs, Royal Navy documents, accompanying framed certificate for the DSC, a handwritten diary from the 1880s, A letter on Buckingham Palace headed notepaper dated 26 October 1916 and signed Albert, plus other documents, etc. Condition - fair to good.
£2,000-3,000

Condition:
Only the volume of; Cruise of HMS Cleopatra appears to pertain to William Tait directly. He has dedicated this volume to George Tate, ‘ from the author’.

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