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№ 658

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18 May 2016

Hammer Price:
£320

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (H. F. B. Cox, Seaman, H.M.S. Queen) engraved naming, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine £200-260

Henry Frederick Cox was born in Islington, Middlesex on 15 September 1837. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 22 June 1854, serving on H,M.S. Crocodile. Served in the Crimea War as a Boy 1st Class on H.M.S. Queen. Discharged 28 May 1857. With some copied service papers which list him as having been awarded a second medal.