Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, engraved ‘J. Stephens, A.B., H.M.S. Medina, No. 222068, India’, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise about very fine and scarce £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Confirmed on the roll as one of those men landed from H.M.S. Medina to form the R.N. Guard of Honour at Delhi (The Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, refers); approximately 175 officers and ratings of the Royal Navy were awarded the Delhi Durbar 1911 Medal.