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Auction: 19007 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Winter Auction
Lot: 411

Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, The King's Medal, 1912, in gold, by B Mackennal and G. W. de Saulles, georgivs v d. g. britt: omn: rex f. d. ind: imp:, Military bust of King left, rev. his majesty the king's medal around rim, royal naval college dartmouth in centre, 1912 engraved in tablet beneath, chief cadet captain henry patrick scholes, engraved on edge, 44.5mm., 54.24g (BHM 3997)

provenance
Halls, 'Summer Collective' auction, 22 August 2012, lot 229


Lt. Henry Patrick Scholes, Senior Gunnery Officer of the Light Cruiser H.M.S. Diomede on the China Station, succumbed to appendicitis in Hong Kong on 7 February 1923.

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Sold for
£2,200

Starting price
£1600

Sale 19007 Notices
Condition report: 'once lightly cleaned, otherwise extremely fine'.