Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Admiral’s Coxswain J. Garland, Royal Navy

China 1842 (Petty Offr., H.M.S. Jupiter); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-55, no clasp, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Adms. Coxn., H.M.S. Retribution, 21 Ys.), engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, unnamed as issued,the last with one or two edge bruises, otherwise generally good very fine and a most attractive combination of awards (5) £1200-1500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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James Garland was born at Liskeard, Cornwall in December 1812 and entered the Royal Navy as a Cook’s Mate in June 1834. He first witnessed active service as a Captain of the Hold aboard H.M.S. Jupiter off China in the First Opium War, and afterwards, during a lengthy commission aboard the Retribution, in the Baltic and Crimea operations of 1854, including the bombardment of Odessa and the first bombardment of Sebastopol. On returning home in May 1855, he was one of those presented with the Crimea Medal by Queen Victoria in a special parade held at Hyde Park, and added his L.S. & G.C. Medal to his Honours and Awards in December of the same year, on being pensioned ashore.

Also see Lots 50 and 130 for further family awards.