Auction Catalogue

1 December 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

№ 977

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£160

A rare Shipping Federation Medal for Meritorious Service pair to Captain W. McLeod, Royal Naval Reserve

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. W. MacLeod, R.N.R.); Shipping Federation Medal for Meritorious Service, 1st (1910) type (Capt. W. McLeod, 20th Feb 1917), 38mm., silver, pierced for suspension, very fine (2) £200-250

Captain William McLeod was Master of the S.S. Silverdale. Sold with confirmation of sole entitlement to the British War Medal.

The Shipping Federation was founded in 1890 and was one of the earliest employer’s organisations. It would appear that the Federations Medals for Meritorious Service were first issued in 1910. (See ‘The Awards of the Shipping Federation, by John Wilson, L.S.A.R.S. Journal 23, p.46 - 67 and also a letter, L.S.A.R.S. Journal 24, p.101.).