Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Pk. Maloney, Qr. Mr., H.M.S. St. Vincent.) impressed naming, edge bruise and light contact marks, very fine £80-£100

Patrick Maloney was born in the coastal town of Skull, County Cork, Ireland, on 6 February 1858. He joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth and served aboard H.M.S. Revenge as Ordinary Seaman from 31 May 1877. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 March 1889, he was shore pensioned in 1898, his conduct noted as ‘exemplary’.