Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 28th March 2017

Lot 786

Royal Naval Interest: an album containing the commissions

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £500

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Description

Royal Naval Interest: an album containing the commissions, warrants and appointments marking the career of Admiral Richard Henry Peirse, K.C.B., M.V.O., K.B.E.; including: Commission as Lieutenant, January 1881; invitation to the funeral of King George V; the warrats for his domestic and foreign orders; certificates of mentions in despatches (Great War); and various photographs; offered together with a telescope, and a humorous print after H.M. BatemanĀ 'The Second Lieutenant who joined his Regiment complete with Wife'. [3]