Medal groups awarded to two members of the same family on offer at auction are not unknown but three together is definitely unusual.
Charterhouse is offering exactly that in its September 22 sale in Sherborne, Dorset. It is the first time the three Symonds family medal groups have appeared on the open market and they are being sold by a family member.
The medals stretch from a Queens South Africa (or Boer War) medal from the closing days of the 19th century through to a General Service Medal with a Palestine 1945-48 clasp. In between these campaigns, the family were awarded medals for the first and second world wars and also served in India.