Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1022

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£150

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (S. Bristow, A.B., H.M.S. Penelope) good very fine £130-150

Samuel Bristow was born in Belfast in January 1858 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1873. An Able Seaman by the time of his service in H.M.S. Penelope (January to November 1882), he was sentenced to 28 days in Lewes gaol on his return to the U.K., and again fell foul of the civil authorities in November 1883, this time being jailed for a month - he was duly dismissed the service; sold with a file of research, including copied service record.