Following the closure of Birmingham’s Nautical Club earlier this year, Fellows auctioned unclaimed club memorabilia, novelty items and medals on the 6th October.
The deactivated 4-inch deck gun which stood outside the nautical club for many years had become something of a local landmark. Previously fitted to an armed merchant ship or cargo vessel, the hammer price far surpassed the estimate of £500-800 to sell for an excellent £2,100 to a local buyer.
These World War-era sea mines had also become a familiar sight at the Nautical Club, and sold for £420
Medal groups were also featured in this auction, with a group including a Distinguished Service Medal selling for £2,500 and this Naval General Service medal which has a Yangtze 1949 clasp sold for £1,600. Lot 1006 was awarded to S.W.A Walsingham ORD. SMN who served on the HMS London until he was killed on the 21st April 1949.
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