The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards

Three: Marine Engineering Mechanic P. J. Bryce, Royal Navy

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (ALMEM(L) P J Bryce D152260V H.M.S. Bristol); General Service 19621 clasp, Gulf (ALMEM(L) P J Bryce D152260V R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (ALMEM(L) P J Bryce D152260V R.N.) good very fine (3) £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards.

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H.M.S. Bristol was a Type 82 destroyer, launched in 1969 and first commissioned in 1973, and the only ‘Type 82’ to be built. Others were cancelled when the new generation of aircraft carriers (the CVA-01), which they were designed to escort, were also cancelled. During the Falklands War, Bristol formed a component of the carrier escort group. After the war, she remained on station in the South Atlantic as flagship of the Royal Naval forces remaining there. She was decommissioned in 1991 and is now used a Cadet Training ship, berthed at Whale Island, Portsmouth.