Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eleven: Able Seaman R. W. Ellis, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (225825 A.B., H.M.S. Philomel); 1914-15 Star (225825 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (225825 A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, both named (R. W. Ellis, A.B., P/W.149221 R.N.); Defence and War Medals, both named (R. W. Ellis, A.B., PJX.149221 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (225825 A.B., H.M.S. Blenheim); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver and enamel, rev. of trophy-of-arms engraved, ‘R. Ellis, A.B., R.N., 225825’, enamel damage; Italy, Messina Earthquake 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, minor contact marks, very fine (11) £350-400

Medaille Militaire London Gazette 25 January 1918.

Messina Earthquake Medal sold with a named forwarding letter from ‘His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador at Rome.’ Able Seaman Ellis was one of 35 men of H.M.S. Philomel to have landed and rendered assistance in the rescue operations in Southern Italy. Sold with two contemporary postcards illustrating the ruins at Messina following the earthquake.