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The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals attributed to Commander H. Buckle, Royal...
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The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals attributed to Commander H. Buckle, Royal Navy
George Cross; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £400-£500
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006 (when so attributed).
A.M. Second Class, for Saving Life at Sea London Gazette 27 April 1920:
‘While H.M.S. Tiger was undergoing repairs at Invergordon, on 27 August 1919, two dockyard fitters and an able seaman were overcome by noxious gas in the hold of the ship, and Stoker Petty Officer Bailey, accompanied by a sick-berth attendant, made an unsuccessful attempt at rescue. Both he and his companion had put on respirators, but found them useless. Mr Buckle, the officer of the watch, then arrived on the scene, and in spite of the grave risk of life, which it was now evident would be incurred by further attempts at rescue, immediately went down and succeeded in passing a rope round one of the men. This man was got out, but Mr Buckle was considerably affected by the gas, and could do nothing further. Stoker Petty Officer Bailey, though suffering from the effects of his previous attempts, repeated the operation, and succeeded in getting the other two men out, but all efforts to restore them were futile’
O.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952: ‘Commander Henry Buckle, A.M., Royal Navy (Retired), Whale Fishery Inspector, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.’
George Cross; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £400-£500
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006 (when so attributed).
A.M. Second Class, for Saving Life at Sea London Gazette 27 April 1920:
‘While H.M.S. Tiger was undergoing repairs at Invergordon, on 27 August 1919, two dockyard fitters and an able seaman were overcome by noxious gas in the hold of the ship, and Stoker Petty Officer Bailey, accompanied by a sick-berth attendant, made an unsuccessful attempt at rescue. Both he and his companion had put on respirators, but found them useless. Mr Buckle, the officer of the watch, then arrived on the scene, and in spite of the grave risk of life, which it was now evident would be incurred by further attempts at rescue, immediately went down and succeeded in passing a rope round one of the men. This man was got out, but Mr Buckle was considerably affected by the gas, and could do nothing further. Stoker Petty Officer Bailey, though suffering from the effects of his previous attempts, repeated the operation, and succeeded in getting the other two men out, but all efforts to restore them were futile’
O.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952: ‘Commander Henry Buckle, A.M., Royal Navy (Retired), Whale Fishery Inspector, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.’
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The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals attributed to Commander H. Buckle, Royal Navy
George Cross; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £400-£500
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006 (when so attributed).
A.M. Second Class, for Saving Life at Sea London Gazette 27 April 1920:
‘While H.M.S. Tiger was undergoing repairs at Invergordon, on 27 August 1919, two dockyard fitters and an able seaman were overcome by noxious gas in the hold of the ship, and Stoker Petty Officer Bailey, accompanied by a sick-berth attendant, made an unsuccessful attempt at rescue. Both he and his companion had put on respirators, but found them useless. Mr Buckle, the officer of the watch, then arrived on the scene, and in spite of the grave risk of life, which it was now evident would be incurred by further attempts at rescue, immediately went down and succeeded in passing a rope round one of the men. This man was got out, but Mr Buckle was considerably affected by the gas, and could do nothing further. Stoker Petty Officer Bailey, though suffering from the effects of his previous attempts, repeated the operation, and succeeded in getting the other two men out, but all efforts to restore them were futile’
O.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952: ‘Commander Henry Buckle, A.M., Royal Navy (Retired), Whale Fishery Inspector, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.’
George Cross; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £400-£500
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006 (when so attributed).
A.M. Second Class, for Saving Life at Sea London Gazette 27 April 1920:
‘While H.M.S. Tiger was undergoing repairs at Invergordon, on 27 August 1919, two dockyard fitters and an able seaman were overcome by noxious gas in the hold of the ship, and Stoker Petty Officer Bailey, accompanied by a sick-berth attendant, made an unsuccessful attempt at rescue. Both he and his companion had put on respirators, but found them useless. Mr Buckle, the officer of the watch, then arrived on the scene, and in spite of the grave risk of life, which it was now evident would be incurred by further attempts at rescue, immediately went down and succeeded in passing a rope round one of the men. This man was got out, but Mr Buckle was considerably affected by the gas, and could do nothing further. Stoker Petty Officer Bailey, though suffering from the effects of his previous attempts, repeated the operation, and succeeded in getting the other two men out, but all efforts to restore them were futile’
O.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952: ‘Commander Henry Buckle, A.M., Royal Navy (Retired), Whale Fishery Inspector, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.’
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