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The Great War pair awarded to Surgeon-Lieutenant Commander W. H. King, Royal Navy, a Haslar...
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The Great War pair awarded to Surgeon-Lieutenant Commander W. H. King, Royal Navy, a Haslar Gold Medallist who served with the Armoured Car Unit in Russia British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. W. H. King. R.N.), mounted as worn, together with Royal Naval Hospital Haslar Prize Medal, obverse: a naval crown with crossed trident and anchor upon a background of oak leaves, ‘Haslar Hospital’; reverse: a torch entwined by a serpent, with legend (Surgeon William Herbert King. Admiralty Medal. Highest Award. September 1910) 49mm., gold, 71.64g., in leather case of issue, ref. B.H.M. 3685, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. The Haslar Prize Medal was instituted by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in 1900. Awarded half-yearly, it was given as a prize to the best of the newly entered surgeons at the hospital. William Herbert King was born on 20 December 1883, and studied medicine at University College London, being appointed M.R.C.S. (England) and L.R.C.P. (London) in 1906. Appointed a Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 6 May 1910, his initial appointment was at Haslar Hospital where he won the Prize Medal for that year. Appointed to Deal Royal Marine Infirmary in September 1914, he remained similarly employed until joining a draft of 30 men bound for Russia in July 1916, where he witnessed active service with the Armoured Car Unit of the Royal Naval Air Service, prior to being evacuated home with wounded officers In March 1917. Having then been advanced to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, he was placed on the Reserve of Medical Officers in March 1919. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
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The Great War pair awarded to Surgeon-Lieutenant Commander W. H. King, Royal Navy, a Haslar Gold Medallist who served with the Armoured Car Unit in Russia British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. W. H. King. R.N.), mounted as worn, together with Royal Naval Hospital Haslar Prize Medal, obverse: a naval crown with crossed trident and anchor upon a background of oak leaves, ‘Haslar Hospital’; reverse: a torch entwined by a serpent, with legend (Surgeon William Herbert King. Admiralty Medal. Highest Award. September 1910) 49mm., gold, 71.64g., in leather case of issue, ref. B.H.M. 3685, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. The Haslar Prize Medal was instituted by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in 1900. Awarded half-yearly, it was given as a prize to the best of the newly entered surgeons at the hospital. William Herbert King was born on 20 December 1883, and studied medicine at University College London, being appointed M.R.C.S. (England) and L.R.C.P. (London) in 1906. Appointed a Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 6 May 1910, his initial appointment was at Haslar Hospital where he won the Prize Medal for that year. Appointed to Deal Royal Marine Infirmary in September 1914, he remained similarly employed until joining a draft of 30 men bound for Russia in July 1916, where he witnessed active service with the Armoured Car Unit of the Royal Naval Air Service, prior to being evacuated home with wounded officers In March 1917. Having then been advanced to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, he was placed on the Reserve of Medical Officers in March 1919. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
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