Auction Catalogue

29 November 1996

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 230

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29 November 1996

Hammer Price:
£95

Lieutenant L. E. S. Napier, Royal Navy, D.S.O., G.V.R., gold and enamels; 1914 Star Trio; 1939-45; Atlantic; Africa; Italy; Defence and War; Africa Service Medal, the first chipped on one reverse arm, otherwise very fine (11)

D.S.O for raid on Kronstadt Harbour, August 1919, in command of Coastal Motor Boat 24A; their CMB was destroyed and Napier and crew taken prisoner, later exchanged; served in South African Navy in WW2. Ex Spink November 1994.