KING'S MESSENGER COLLECTION | MAJOR A. A. GORDON SOCIETY

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THE KING'S MESSENGER COLLECTION holds every artefact related to Major Gordon and his family. These items are for study, conservation, and exhibit purposes. The images are also available to any enthusiast, researcher, and publisher who wants to contribute to the (favourable) distribution of Major Gordon's life story.

The collection is constantly in development.

COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

SIGNED AND PRESENTED PORTRAIT OF KING ALBERT TO MAJOR GORDON JULY 1921

MAJOR GORDON'S ROYAL WWI BRASSARDS (BELGIUM)

PAINTING OF ARCHIBALD DICK (MAJOR GORDON'S MATERNAL GRANDFATHER

LARGE SILVER QUAICH PRESENTED BY THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF MECKLENBURG

SOCIETY'S COLLECTION THEMES

The Royal Presentations

Important and documented artefacts presented to Major Gordon by statesmen like King Albert I of Belgium and Duke Mecklenburg.

Military Items

A collection of military items used by Major Gordon and complemented with the original insignia of the regiments he served in.

Orders and Certificates

The collection holds the decoration certificates of Major Gordon, who received numerous decorations from 1897 till the end of the 1930s. His medals are - and will always remain - in the Gordon family.

Books and Ephemera

A collection of books authored by Major Gordon, including Culled from a Diary and paper items related to certain life events, and a group of guestbook signatures.

Related and Commemorative

A collection of items, primarily medals, related to the service to Major Gordon, his sons and his brother. It also includes a modern Belgian presentation sword dedicated to Major Gordon.

Wanted

We are looking for any information on the following items lost in history. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any info you like to share.

COLLECTIONS OUTSIDE THE SOCIETY

THE GORDON COLLECTION

The Gordon Collection consists of items Major Gordon bequeathed to his cousin Ronald Eagleson Gordon and are still held by the family. The items include many gifts Major Gordon received during his lifetime, personal items and other essential documents and items. It also includes the heirlooms of Colonel Ronald Eagleson Gordon.

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Books and Ephemera

Related and commemorative

A collection of items, primarily medals, related to the service to Major Gordon, his sons and his brother. It also includes a modern Belgian presentation sword dedicated to Major Gordon.