Lot Archive

Lot

№ 133

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£75

Four: Supply Petty Officer J. B. Triggs, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star
(M. 8606 S.S.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 8606 L.V.A., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 8606 Sy. P.O., H.M.S. Carlisle), contact marks and polished, good fine or better (4) £40-60

John Bertie Triggs, a native of Stoke Damerell, Devon, who was born in April 1893, entered the Royal Navy as a “hostilities only” man in September 1914. In January 1917, however, while serving in the base ship for H.M.S. Europa, he signed-on for 12 years continuous service backdated to his original entry in 1914.