Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, South Africa, Simon's Town, Training Ship, SATS General Botha, the King's Medal, by Bertram Mackennal, specimen in gilt-silver, uniformed bust l., rev. shield of arms etc., 44.5mm., edge stamped GILT, mint state
*ex Watts Collection
ex Baldwin's vault
The former British Royal Naval Second Class Cruiser, HMS Thames was purchased in 1920 by Captain T. B. F. Davis, Master Mariner, entrepreneur, yachtsman and philanthropist and was converted into a Training Ship. The first intake of 75 boys joined the ship in on the 15th March 1922 and she was christened on 1 April, 1922, by the wife of General J C Smuts. The ship was broken up after the end of the Second World War. The medal was awarded annually in gold; another gilt specimen is recorded in the Museum Victoria Collections, Australia. (100-150 GBP)
*ex Watts Collection
ex Baldwin's vault
The former British Royal Naval Second Class Cruiser, HMS Thames was purchased in 1920 by Captain T. B. F. Davis, Master Mariner, entrepreneur, yachtsman and philanthropist and was converted into a Training Ship. The first intake of 75 boys joined the ship in on the 15th March 1922 and she was christened on 1 April, 1922, by the wife of General J C Smuts. The ship was broken up after the end of the Second World War. The medal was awarded annually in gold; another gilt specimen is recorded in the Museum Victoria Collections, Australia. (100-150 GBP)