The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with silver-gilt buckle in Garrard, London case of issue, minor enamel damage, good very fine £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Admiral Wratislaw served against Indians in Vancouver Island in 1853; Mate of John Watt in the Baltic in 1854; and Lieutenant of Shannon, serving with the Naval Brigade during the Indian Mutiny; mentioned in Sir Colin Campbell’s despatches for the siege and capture of Lucknow. Admiral Wratislaw was appointed a C.B. in 1907 on the 50th Anniversary of the Indian Mutiny, and died in July 1913.

With original C.B. bestowal document to Admiral Henry Rushworth Wratislaw, Royal Navy, dated 28 June 1907; the book, A Naval Cadet with H.M.S. Shannon’s Brigade in India, Journal by Edward Spencer Watson, 1988 facsimile edition; and copied research.