Lot 1057

Description

GROUP OF FIVE:-1914-15 Star; British War Medal, 1914-18; Victory Medal;Sydney-Emden Medal by Kerr, City of Perth Medal to H.M.A.S. Sydney in case of issue, named, A.B. Holmes R.N. Impressed. Together with an unmounted Mexican dollar salved from S.M.S. Emden; commemorative medal for the arrival of the R.A.N. into Sydney, 4 October 1913; two books, 'The last cruise of the Emden' by Hoyt and 'Lonely Command' by A.A. Hoehling; photographs of warships (some of the Emden) and a handdrawn chart of the action by Ldg. Signalman Robson, H.M.A.S. Sydney and a newspaper cutting. Very fine.

Ex Spink Australia Auction Sale 24 (lot 1825)