Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Yangtze 1949, Malaya (D/SSX.835525 M. Reeves. Ord. Smn. R.N.) about extremely fine £800-£1,000

Maurice Reeves served in H.M.S. Black Swan from 1 April 1949 to 27 June 1950, and was discharged from the Royal Navy on 27 March 1956. A hand-written research note with the lot states that the recipient was wounded on 21 April 1949, whilst manning Oerlikens on Black Swan’s rear bridge whilst she was stationed in the Yangtze, and transferred to the R.N. Hospital Hong Kong, although this in unconfirmed.

Sold with copied research, including various photographs of the Black Swan.