Lot Archive

Lot

№ 893 x

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8 July 2010

Hammer Price:
£720

Pair: Quarter Master J. Thomas, Royal Navy

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (John Thomas, Qr. Mr., H.M.S. St. George, 32 Ys.), the first added for display purposes, edge nicks but otherwise generally good very fine (2) £500-550

John Thomas entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard the royal yacht William & Mary in August 1820 and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in March 1856, one of three known surviving awards to H.M.S. St George; sold with copied service record.