Special Collections

Sold between 2 March & 1 December 2004

2 parts

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Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee

Oliver Stirling Lee

Lot

№ 334

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2 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£130

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

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.