Orders, Decorations and Medals

A ‘Messina Earthquake’ group of three awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. Kirby, Royal Navy

Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (146045 William Kirby, C.P.O., H.M.S. Diana); Italy, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine and better (3) £200-250

Ex American Numismatic Society Collection, Morton & Eden, 24/25 May 2006, lot 292.

The recipient is not listed in Angels in Blue Jackets.