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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 141

(x) Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, attributed to Commander W.C. Geary, Royal Navy, the reverse side finely enamelled, brooch mounted on obverse, with ring suspension, overall nearly extremely fine, scarce, in Spink, London, case, with name plaque inscribed 'Captain W.C. Geary R.N.'

Commander William Charles Geary, second son of Commander John Geary, R.N.; entered the Royal Navy, June 1839, and served as Mate aboard H.M.S. Howe in the Mediterranean; Commissioned Lieutenant, January 1846, and served in the survey-vessel Volage; served in the Crimea as 'Agent for Transports', 1854-55, at the Port of Balaklava; advanced Commander; after 1856 served in the Coast Guard.

In Victorian days it was customary to refer to Commanders socially as Captain, a habit which persisted until the Edwardian age.

Provenance: Presented by the recipient to his daughter Margaret, who converted it into an enamelled brooch in 1882.

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