Auction Catalogue

5 November 1991

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 235

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5 November 1991

Hammer Price:
£410

H.M.A.S. SYDNEY-S.M.S. EMDEN MEDAL 1914, converted Mexican silver dollar, 1889, by W. Kerr, Sydney, fitted with usual ring for suspension, good very fine

Presented to the crew of H.M.A.S. Sydney as a memento of the capture of the German light cruiser S.M.S. Emden on 9 November, 1914, in an action off the Cocos Islands.