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Lot

№ 492

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16 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£210

Three: China 1900, no clasp (J. Milsom, Sto., H.M.S. Goliath); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Dido); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Admiral’s bust (291243 J. Milsom, Ch. Sto. “Wryneck” Baltic 1919) good very fine (3)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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London Gazette 8 March 1920 ‘Honours for services in the Baltic.’

The following details are taken from Admiralty recommendations for honours: “Strongly recommended by his Commanding Officer for special zeal and ability during arduous service in the Baltic.”
H.M.S. WRYNECK, a ‘W’ Class Destroyer served in the Baltic in 1918-19.