Lot 3681
Sale 110 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes
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Description
Surgeon Herbert H. Pearse photo, in black and white (9.5x20.5cm and with frame 23x37cm), an original studio photo, c1900, wearing dress uniform with hands across his sword resting in front, signed at bottom on white border, 'Herbert H Pearse'. Foxing on white border, photo unmarked, timber and plaster frame with some damage but restorable, photo good very fine and an unique piece of early Australian Naval history.
Herbert H. Pearse was a member of The Australian Squadron. He is shown on The Royal Navy list of Surgeons on 15 May 1895; as Surgeon on the Nile in the Mediterranean on 1 Aug 1896; as Surgeon on the Karrakatta at Sydney, NSW on 24 Nov 1900; as Staff Surgeon on the Minerva in 1908; as Fleet Surgeon on 15 May 1911; as Fleet Surgeon on the Kent in China on 23 Dec 1911.
With copies of various Navy Lists.
- Estimate
- $200
- Result Status
- Passed in