Auction Catalogue

18 June 1997

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 246

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18 June 1997

Hammer Price:
£360

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