Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part I)

Six: Commander N. H. Carter, Royal Navy, one of only five R.N. recipients of the 1903 Delhi Durbar medal

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Lieut. N. H. Carter, R.N., H.M.S. Highflyer.); 1914-15 Star (Commr. N. H. Carter. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. N. H. Carter. R.N.); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, with silver ribbon buckle; Special Constabulary Medal, G.V.R., with bar ‘Long Service 1940’ (Norman H. Carter) generally good very fine and rare (6) £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas.

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John Cooper Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, April 2001.

Norman Hunter Carter was Flag Lieutenant of Highflyer during the operations in Somaliland 1902-04. As Flag Lieutenant to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty’s Naval Forces in the East Indies, he attended the Delhi Durbar in 1903 and was one of only five Royal Navy officers to receive the 1903 Durbar medal. During the Great War he was in command of the 12-inch monitor H.M.S. Lord Clive, during the attack on the harbour and defences of Zeebrugge on 23rd August 1915.