Orders, Decorations and Medals

Admiral Mark Edward Frederic Kerr, C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy
Riband bar created for display purposes: Order of the Bath; Royal Victorian Order; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; Coronation 1911; Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus; Italy, Order of St. Maurice & St. Lazarus; Italy, Order of the Crown; Greece, Order of the Redeemer; Spain, Order of Naval Merit; Austria, Order of the Iron Crown; Italy, Military Order of Savoy; Greece, Order of George I; Royal Humane Society Medal, good condition

Lieutenant Eric William Kevin Walton, D.S.C., A.M., Royal Navy
Riband bar created for display purposes: Albert Medal, 2nd Class for Land; Distinguished Service Cross; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Polar Medal 1904; Jubilee 1977, mounted on card with a photograph of Lieutenant Walton, the card bearing his signature, good condition (2) £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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Ribbons created to represent those of Admiral Mark Kerr, Royal Navy, with copied research and the booklet, A Saga of the Drifters 1917, by Rear-Admiral Mark Kerr.

Ribbons created to represent those of Lieutenant Eric William Kevin Watson, D.S.C., A.M., Royal Navy, with two hand-written letters addressed to Judge Henry Pownall from Kevin Walton. Lieutenant Walton was awarded the D.S.C. (London Gazette 27 April 1943) when serving on H.M.S. Onslow on Russian Convoy duty; was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 18 April 1944) when on H.M.S. Duncan, for operations against German U-Boats; awarded the Albert Medal 2nd Class for Land (London Gazette 8 June 1948) as a member of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, for rescuing a fellow officer who had fallen down a crevasse; awarded the Queen’s Commendation (London Gazette 12 May 1953) for rescuing a man who had fallen down a crevasse during survey operations in the Antarctic, and the Polar Medal (London Gazette 17 July 1953). With copied research.