Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (H. J. Strutt, Schoolmaster) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, sometime lacquered, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £1200-1500

Ex Debenham Storr & Sons 1901, and Christies 1982.

H. J. Strutt is confirmed on the naval rolls for Ava as a Schoolmaster serving aboard H.M.S. Boadicea, the only such medal issued to this rare naval warrant rank.