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Auction: 26002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 271

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

The mounted group of nine miniature dress medals worn by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher 'Kit' Cradock, K.C.V.O., C.B., Royal Navy, whose loss of his Squadron at the Battle of the Coronel ranks as one of the greatest disasters to befall the Senior Service in the Great War

The Royal Victorian Order, Knight Commander's Badge; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion's (C.B.) breast Badge, gold and enamel, with riband buckle; Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver issue; China 1900, 2 clasps, Taku Forts, Relief of Pekin; Jubilee 1897; Coronation 1911; Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Commander's Badge; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjiedie, Badge, with rosette upon riband; Khedive’s Star, undated, with Tokar clasp, mounted court-style, good very fine (9)

For his full-size awards and a biographical note, please see Lot 164.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240