2nd Cruiser Squadron 1908, bronze medal, obverse, Hope bidding farewell to the four ships of the squadron, surrounded by inscription ‘South Africa and South America 1908’, reverse ‘2nd Cruiser Squadron, Closer Union 1908, Good Hope, Devonshire, Antrim, Carnarvon,’ fitted with fourteen clasps, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Ladysmith, East London, Port Elizabeth, Simonstown, Cape Town, St Helena, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, Buenos Aires, with original card box of issue, the lid inscribed with initials ‘R.E.D.’, extremely fine