Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman John Duffill, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (John Duffell.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (John Duffell. Carps. Crew. “Alligator”) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse (John Duffill A.B. H.M.S. Excellent 27 Years) pierced with rings for suspension, generally good very fine, a very rare group, possibly unique (3) £6,000-£8,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Ron Wright.

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Provenance: Sotheby, January 1898 and April 1993.

John Duffill/Duffell is confirmed on the rolls as Carpenter’s Crew aboard H.M.S. Minden at Algiers, in the same rate aboard H.M.S. Alligator at Ava, and was approved for his L.S. & G.C. medal on 26 June 1847, when serving as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Excellent. He was at that time allotting part of his pay to his wife Jane, who he had married at Kingston, Portsmouth, on 24 November 1832, and was then residing at Hayling Island, Hampshire.