Auction Catalogue

29 June 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 1040

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£250

Pair: Francis Beddoe, Mercantile Marine, honoured by the U.S. Government for rescuing people trapped after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

British War and Mercantile Marine Medals (Francis Beddoe) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-120

Sold with a U.S. Department of Labor, Immigration Service, Seaman’s Identification Card. Numbered ‘115841’, it is printed and inscribed, ‘Name F. Beddoe; Age 35 on 10th May 1917; Nationality British; Marks: Rescued people trapped after San Francisco Earthquake 1906 awarded Scroll of Thanks by U.S. Government’.