South Africa 1834-53 (G. A. V. Welch. Passed Clerk. R.N.) toned, nearly extremely fine £400-500

George Augustus Vernon Welch was born in 1827 and appointed Assistant Paymaster in the Royal Navy on 28 February 1848; Paymaster, 29 September 1855; retired Fleet Paymaster, 17 February 1886. Served in South Africa aboard H.M.S. Castor.