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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 494

A pair of H.M.S. Amethyst commemorative medallions presented to Able Seaman R. T. Davies, Royal Navy

of identical design, 'silvered' base metal, obverse, Amethyst at sea, with 'Yangtse 1949' below, reverse, Amethyst's crest with 'Have Rejoined the Fleet. God Save the King' around, 38mm., in their fitted case, with related leaflet, inscribed, 'A./B. R. T. Davies' and, 'Well done, Ron', good very fine (2)


Designed - and distributed by - George Hickinbottom, himself an ex-Amethyst hand, the medallions were only granted to the ships' Yangtze veterans.

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Sold for
£210