Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 589 x

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£230

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Allan Cameron, Wreck of the “Annabella” on the 12th November 1886) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £250-300

The barque Annabella, of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, 860 tons, is recorded as being waterlogged and abandoned on 27 September 1886 whilst en route from Liverpool to Dalhousie, New Brunswick.