Auction Catalogue

6 July 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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

Lot

№ 629

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£310

Three: Stoker Petty Officer C. D. Libby, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (281006Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Fox); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (281006 Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Fox); Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., E.VII.R. (281006 Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Leander), mounted for wear, some contact marks, very fine and better (3) £200-250

H.M.S. Fox was a 2nd class cruiser, launched at Portsmouth in 1893 and sold in 1920; H.M.S. Leander was a 2nd class cruiser, built by Napier in 1882 and converted to a depot ship in 1904. During the Great War she was the depot ship for the Grand Fleet destroyers at Scapa Flow 1914-18 and was sold in 1920.