Auction Catalogue

7 April 1994

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 518

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7 April 1994

Hammer Price:
£320

Five: Leading Seaman N. J. Williams, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 STAR (C.2717 Smn. R.N.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (L. Smn. R.N.R.); ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Ldg. Sea. R.N.R.); Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, silver, officially named (Sean. R.N.R., H.M.S. Jupiter) mounted as worn, very fine or better (5)

Russian medal for Zeal awarded for services aboard H.M.S. Jupiter which, in 1915, was employed as an ice breaker to keep the route open through to Archangel, which was so important for munitions supply to the Russian army.