Lot Archive

Lot

№ 188

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5 December 1995

Hammer Price:
£150

Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (202424 T. E. Salwey, A.B., H.M.S. King Alfred. 1909. 12 Pr. Q.F.) good very fine

Confirmed on roll. Able Seaman Salwey achieved the second highest individual score, with 15 hits, in the test of gunlayers with 12-Pr., 6-Pr. and 3-Pr. guns in 1909, sixteen ships of H.M. Fleet competing.