Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles

Sale 109    28–30 Jul 2015   Dixson Room,   Sydney

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Lot 4592    Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles

Estimate $5,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au

CHINA WAR MEDAL 1900. W.T. Edwards. A.B., H.M.S. Protector. Impressed. Dark toned, some contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.

Together with Ex-Naval Mens Association lapel badge in enamel and 9ct gold (28x34mm; 10.7g), by Angus & Coote, reverse inscribed, 'W. Edwards/South Australia/24.1.47'; Riband bar for China Medal 1900, RNVRLS&GC Medal, and British War Medal 1914-18; book, A Warship for South Australia by Robin Pennock, signed by author and showing W.T. Edwards as a member of Protector's crew; photo of the Ex-Naval Mens Association executive officers (5) in 1940 showing W. Edwards as Hon. Organising Secretary; newspaper cuttings with articles on the HMCS Protector's involvement in the China War; photocopy photos featuring W.T. Edwards in uniform and other photos and copy of his birth certificate.

William Thomas Edwards, born 10Jun1871 at Port Adelaide.

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