Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

H.M.S. Topaze Medal 1919, 35mm, bronze, the obverse, inscribed ‘526 Men, Women and Children taken off S.S. Brinpura aground on Mushegera Reef by H.M.S. Topaze 15.6.19’, the reverse inscribed ‘A memento presented by the passengers’ within wreath, unnamed as issued, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £40-£50

The S.S. Brinpura was on passage from Bombay to Marseilles when it ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea. H.M.S. Topaze took all on board to Aden.