A Collection of Medals for the Ashantee War 1873-74

Pair: Torpedo Artificer George Spinks, Royal Navy

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (G. Spinks, Armrs. Crew. H.M.S. Seagull. 73-74); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geo. Spink, Torpo. Artfr. H.M.S. Cambridge) impressed naming, contact marks, otherwise very fine
£300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Ashantee War 1873-74.

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George Spinks was born at Walsall, Staffordshire, on 16 April 1854. A locksmith by trade, he entered the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew aboard H.M.S. Seagull on 1 January 1873. Promoted to Armourer in August 1876 and to Torpedo Artificer in February 1885, he received his L.S. & G.C. medal in February 1890 and was ‘shore pensioned’ on 17 April 1892. Sold with copied service records.