Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Commissioned Engineer W. H. Northcott, Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Naval Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue (W.E. 118 Wt. Engr., R.N.R.); Serbian Order of the White Eagle, 5th class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, this last with badly chipped central enamel work, thus good fine, the first good very fine (2) £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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William Henry Northcott was appointed a Warrant Engineer in the Royal Naval Reserve in January 1910, and would appear to have served in the depot ship H.M.S. St. George for the duration of the Great War, initially in home waters, afterwards in the Mediterranean 1915-17 and latterly in the Aegean 1918-19. A confirmed recipient of the Serbian White Eagle, 5th class, he was advanced to Commissioned Engineer in January 1921.