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The mounted group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to/ representative of those...
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The mounted group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to/ representative of those worn by Lieutenant-Commander G. H. Pierce, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Reserve, Mercantile Marine, and South African Naval Forces
Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt, and enamel, mounted as worn, significant enamel damage to last and lacking reverse central medallion, therefore poor, the rest generally very fine (9) £80-£100
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George Herbert Pierce served as Master of the Cunard Steamship Cephalonia on transport duty during the Boer War, and subsequently as a Lieutenant-Commander in both the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Naval Reserve during the Great War, latterly in command of a small ‘Q’ Ship. He was subsequently British Naval Resident at the French Basque port of St. Jeane de Luz, for which service he was awarded the French Legion of Honour (London Gazette 27 May 1919). Emigrating to South Africa, he served at home during the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the Seaward Defence Force, South African Naval Force.
Note: The recipient’s full-sized medals, excluding the Defence Medal for which entitlement is unconfirmed, sold in these rooms in May 2024.
Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt, and enamel, mounted as worn, significant enamel damage to last and lacking reverse central medallion, therefore poor, the rest generally very fine (9) £80-£100
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Herbert Pierce served as Master of the Cunard Steamship Cephalonia on transport duty during the Boer War, and subsequently as a Lieutenant-Commander in both the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Naval Reserve during the Great War, latterly in command of a small ‘Q’ Ship. He was subsequently British Naval Resident at the French Basque port of St. Jeane de Luz, for which service he was awarded the French Legion of Honour (London Gazette 27 May 1919). Emigrating to South Africa, he served at home during the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the Seaward Defence Force, South African Naval Force.
Note: The recipient’s full-sized medals, excluding the Defence Medal for which entitlement is unconfirmed, sold in these rooms in May 2024.
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The mounted group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to/ representative of those worn by Lieutenant-Commander G. H. Pierce, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Reserve, Mercantile Marine, and South African Naval Forces
Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt, and enamel, mounted as worn, significant enamel damage to last and lacking reverse central medallion, therefore poor, the rest generally very fine (9) £80-£100
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Herbert Pierce served as Master of the Cunard Steamship Cephalonia on transport duty during the Boer War, and subsequently as a Lieutenant-Commander in both the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Naval Reserve during the Great War, latterly in command of a small ‘Q’ Ship. He was subsequently British Naval Resident at the French Basque port of St. Jeane de Luz, for which service he was awarded the French Legion of Honour (London Gazette 27 May 1919). Emigrating to South Africa, he served at home during the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the Seaward Defence Force, South African Naval Force.
Note: The recipient’s full-sized medals, excluding the Defence Medal for which entitlement is unconfirmed, sold in these rooms in May 2024.
Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt, and enamel, mounted as worn, significant enamel damage to last and lacking reverse central medallion, therefore poor, the rest generally very fine (9) £80-£100
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Herbert Pierce served as Master of the Cunard Steamship Cephalonia on transport duty during the Boer War, and subsequently as a Lieutenant-Commander in both the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Naval Reserve during the Great War, latterly in command of a small ‘Q’ Ship. He was subsequently British Naval Resident at the French Basque port of St. Jeane de Luz, for which service he was awarded the French Legion of Honour (London Gazette 27 May 1919). Emigrating to South Africa, he served at home during the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the Seaward Defence Force, South African Naval Force.
Note: The recipient’s full-sized medals, excluding the Defence Medal for which entitlement is unconfirmed, sold in these rooms in May 2024.
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