Auction Catalogue

5 December 1995

Starting at 10:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Charing Cross Hotel  The Strand  London  WC2N 5HX

Lot

№ 188

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5 December 1995

Hammer Price:
£150

Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (202424 T. E. Salwey, A.B., H.M.S. King Alfred. 1909. 12 Pr. Q.F.) good very fine

Confirmed on roll. Able Seaman Salwey achieved the second highest individual score, with 15 hits, in the test of gunlayers with 12-Pr., 6-Pr. and 3-Pr. guns in 1909, sixteen ships of H.M. Fleet competing.