Auction Catalogue

16 December 2003

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 989

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£370

‘The Fleet’ Medal for Merit, reverse inscribed (Presented to Charles Street P.O. of H.M.S. Temeraire for Bravery, September 1909), 44mm., bronze, very fine, rare £250-300

The Fleet was a monthly magazine produced mainly for men of the Royal Navy. In the September 1906 edition it announced that it would in future award a ‘For Merit’ Medal to individuals deserving of recognition for life saving, attempted life saving and for good shooting.

A list of 18 recipients, though sadly not ‘Charles Street’, may be found in ‘The Fleet “For Merit” Medal’, by R. J. Scarlett,
L.S.A.R.S. Journal 3, p.23.