Auction Catalogue

12 May 2015

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Lot

№ 334

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12 May 2015

Hammer Price:
£850

Sea Cadet Gallantry Cross, reverse inscribed, ‘Cadet O/S Michael Robert Thompson, 10th May 1959’, in Spink, London fitted case of issue, edge bruise to lower arm, otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare £800-1000

The Sea Cadet Corps may be traced back to the time of the Crimean War, when in 1856, sailors returning home, set up the ‘Naval Lads Brigades’ to give orphans and poor children a good start in life within a disciplined naval setting. The brigades were so helpful in helping Britain’s disadvantaged youth that the Navy League adopted them in 1910 - becoming the Navy League Sea Cadet Corps - the Navy League being a national organisation dedicated to supporting the Royal Navy. In late 1944 the Navy League Gallantry Cross was first awarded to three U.K. cadets. In 1976 the Navy League Sea Cadet Corps became the Sea Cadet Association which continued to awarded the decoration. The ‘NL’ on the arms denotes the parent organisation - ‘Navy League’.