Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Stoker E. Noye, Royal Navy

China 1900, no clasp (E. Noy, Sto., H.M.S. Marathon); Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine collection of awards for the Boxer Rebellion 1900.

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226 medals issued to this ship, all without clasp.

Stoker Noye was present during the Messina Earthquake of 1908 as a Fireman aboard S.S. Drake. Sold with a photograph thought to be the recipient in civilian clothes wearing the Messina Earthquake medal, and a related memorial card for ‘George Noye’, who died on 3 February 1936, aged 82. Also accompanied by various copied news cuttings, contemporary post cards, two books and other ephemera related to the earthquake.