Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A R.V.M. ‘Royal Funeral’ group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Commander A. H. Pryce, Royal Navy

Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Gnr. A. H. Pryce. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. A. H. Pryce. R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Commd. Gnr. A. H. Pryce. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, the RVM polished and worn, with repaired suspension, therefore nearly very fine; the rest better (9) £300-£400

Atkins Henry Pryce was born in Hackney, London, on 15 February 1885 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 2 October 1900. He served in H.M.S. Excellent from 15 March to 21 November 1910, and was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal for his services as part of the gun carriage team at the funeral of H.M. King Edward VII. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 January 1914, he was commissioned Gunner on 1 October 1914, and served throughout both the Great War and the Second World War, finally transferring to the Retired List in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 26 December 1945.

Sold with Royal Navy Rifle Shooting Medal, bronze, with top riband bar ‘Navy VIII. 1922’ and additional award bar ‘Navy VIII 1923’, the reverse engraved ‘Gnr. Pryce.’; and three Portsmouth United Service Rifle Meeting medals, two silver, the third silvered, all unnamed, the first with top riband bar ‘Tipnor 1926’ and additional bars for ‘Portsmouth Shield’, ‘R.M.L.I. Cup’, and ‘General’s Cup’; the second with top riband bar ‘Tipnor 1927’ and additional bars for ‘Sartorius Cup 2nd’, ‘R.M.A. Cup’, and ‘General’s Cup’; and the last with undated top riband bar and additional bar for ‘Sartorius Cup’.