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Auction 70 7 Dec 2022
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Maritime: Samoa, H.M.S. Calliope, the typhoon at Samoa, copper medal, 1889, the Marquis de Leuville's tribute, de Leuville arms, rev. BRITISH SEAMANSHIP AND CAPTAIN H. C. CANE..., 30mm. (BHM.3374A; MH.642; MG.1480; Fearon 340.4); a second, pewter, both very fine, traces of gilding on first, second pierced for suspension; Board of Trade, 19th century copper medal, 'Proof of Service at a Wreck' / 'Rocket Apparatus', Imperial crown, rev. port-side view of three-masted frigate, 36.5mm., virtually mint state (3)
H.M.S. Calliope was present in the harbour at Apia in Samoa, attempting to moderate in a colonial stand-off between ships of the United States and Imperial German navies. One of eleven ships present when the typhoon struck, she was the only one to survive, thanks to the superb seamanship of Captain Henry Coey Kane (1843-1917).
Estimate: 80 - 120 GBP
H.M.S. Calliope was present in the harbour at Apia in Samoa, attempting to moderate in a colonial stand-off between ships of the United States and Imperial German navies. One of eleven ships present when the typhoon struck, she was the only one to survive, thanks to the superb seamanship of Captain Henry Coey Kane (1843-1917).
Estimate: 80 - 120 GBP