Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jas. Oliver, Sh. Std. for Cadet’s Mess, H.M.S. Britannia), impressed naming, good very fine £80-100

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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Ex Douglas-Morris collection, Part II, 12 February 1997 (Lot 526).

James Oliver was born at Itcham Abbas, Hampshire and entered the Royal Navy as a Captain’s Cook in August 1855. In January 1859 he joined the newly commissioned officer’s training ship Britannia, where he remained employed as a Steward until being pensioned ashore in September 1889, latterly having served in the undoubtedly demanding role of ‘Steward for the Cadet’s Mess’. He had been awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal back in September 1882.