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19 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£400

An R.V.M. group of five awarded to Royal Yachtsman Stoker Petty Officer A. G. Bryant, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.1581, A. G. Bryant, L.Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.1581. A. G. Bryant. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.1581. A. G. Bryant, S.P.O., H.M.Y. Alexandra.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn in this order, light contact marks, very fine (5) £200-240

Albert George Bryant was born in Farnham, Surrey, on 18 August 1884, and joined the Royal Navy on 16 July 1906. He served during the Great War as a Stoker in H.M.S. Emperor of India, and was advanced to Stoker Petty Officer on 16 September 1916. He transferred to H.M. Yacht Alexandra on 12 November 1919, and was awarded his Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 July 1921. Transferring to H.M. Yacht Victoria and Albert on 10 June 1922, he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in silver on 13 August 1928 on the occasion of Their Majesties Visit to Cowes.