Auction Catalogue

12 February 1997

Starting at 11:00 AM

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The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals (Part 2)

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 477

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12 February 1997

Hammer Price:
£230

Ten: 1914-15 Star Trio (200653 C. W. Sylvester, Y.S., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal, the last six privately named (C.Y.S., R.N.); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Admiral’s bust (200653 C. W. Sylvester, Yeo. Sigs. “Vanity” Baltic 1919) nearly very fine or better (10)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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London Gazette 8 March 1920 ‘Honours for services in the Baltic.’

H.M.S. VANITY was a ‘V’ class destroyer of 1,300 tons, and served in the Baltic in 1919.