Historical and Art Medals

An engraved silver medal, armed cruiser sailing left, engraved (Colombo to Pompey, 28 Sep. 1904, 15 November 1904, H.M.S. Boomerang), rev. engraved (As A Mark Of Esteem & For Being An All Round Sportsman), edge engraved (Our Beloved Soldier 1904), 38mm. Very fine, with scroll suspender; the edge engraved in the style of the East & West Africa campaign medal (£100-120)

HMS Boomerang, a torpedo gunship built for the Australian Station, was commissioned on 24 July 1889 and sold 1905. Possibly awarded to an indigenous Australian