Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Henry J. Pitts, Coxn. 2nd. Cl. H.M.S. Garnet.) impressed naming, housed in a lead/ base metal container, nearly extremely fine £120-£160

Henry John Pitts was born in London on 7 July 1855 and volunteered for the Royal Navy as Boy 1st Class aboard Achilles on 1 January 1873. Advanced Able Seaman at the Portsmouth Naval Barracks on 1 October 1876, he was further promoted Petty Officer Second Class in H.M.S. Garnet on 9 June 1883. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1884, he was invalided at Haslar on 4 March 1887.

Sold with the recipient’s original Royal Navy parchment Certificate of Service and two masonic certificates, held in a contemporary lead/ base metal container.