Auction Catalogue

22 September 2006

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 808

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22 September 2006

Hammer Price:
£720

Captain G. L. M. Leckie, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Lieut. G. L. M. Leckie, R.N. H.M.S. Tyne) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful), (Sub Lieut. G. M. Leckie, R.N. 12 July 1872) contained in old fitted case together with related miniature medals, extremely fine (6) £300-350

George Lindsay Malcolm Leckie joined the Navy as a Cadet in 1865, being promoted Sub Lieutenant in 1870 and Lieutenant in 1874. He was First Lieutenant of the Tyne during the naval and military operations in the Eastern Soudan at Suakin, 1884-85. Leckie won the Royal Humane Society Medal for jumping into shark-infested seas off San Blas, West coast of Mexico, to save the life of Ordinary Seaman W. J. Davis who had fallen overboard. He was promoted to Commander in 1889 and Captain Retired in 1899.