THE FOB SEAL OF INSPECTOR-GENERAL SIR JAMES NICHOLS DICK
A VICTORIAN GILT METAL AND BLOODSTONE FOB SEAL, CIRCA 1880
£202
Auction: 19 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
Description
the fluted and scrolling mount enclosing a shield-shaped chased bloodstone matrix, finely engraved with arms, crest and motto within a laurel leaf garland and with six medal pendants suspended below
Dimensions
Length: 23mm, matrix: 9mm x 6mm
Footnote
Note:
The engraved arms of Inspector-General Sir James Nichols Dick K.C.B, C.B, L.K.Q.C.P, L.R.C.S, entered naval medical service in 1853, becoming Inspector General in 1884 before retiring in 1892. He served in both the Crimean and Abyssinian wars and was a Senior Medical Officer at the Royal Naval Hospital of Malta in 1882. He would go on to serve in the same role at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar 1884-1887 and latterly apportioned Director General of the Naval Medical Department in 1888.