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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 497

A Naval Officer´s Sword A Royal Navy Sword, by Gieve, Matthews, and Seagrove Ltd, Portsmouth, bearing foliate decoration, crowned anchor, and Royal Arms, regulation guilt guard with fishskin grip and spring-clip retaining mechanism, this engraved ´D.L. Davenport. R.N.´, and sword knot, in black leather scabbard with brass fittings, and black leather scabbard bag; together with the recipient´s two well-annotated Midshipman´s Logs, covering the period 3.5.1937-3.3.1939, for service in H.M.S. Delhi, Malaya, Hardy, Repulse, St. Vincent, and Rodney. Estimate £ 300-400 Rear-Admiral Dudley Leslie Davenport, C.B., O.B.E. (1919-1990), educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; served during the Second War in Destroyers in the Mediterranean and Atlantic; Commanded H.M.S. Holmes, 1945; H.M.S. Porlock Bay, 1946; served in H.M.S. Sheffield, 1947-48; at H.M.S. Ganges, 1949-51; Appointed Naval Instructor, Indian Defence Services Staff College, 1951-53; Commanded H.M.S. Virago, 1954-55; Appointed Commander, Royal Navy Barracks Chatham, 1956-57; Advanced Captain, 1957; Captain, Inshore Flotilla Far East, 1960-62; Director, Naval Officers Appointments, 1962-64; Commanded H.M.S. Victorious, 1964-66; Rear-Admiral, 1967; Flag Officer, Malta, 1967-69. For the recipient´s miniature awards see Lot 475

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