Auction Catalogue

31 March 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 551 x

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£300

Three: Stoker J. Tooker, Royal Navy, afterwards H.M. Coast Guard

Egypt 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1884 (J. Tooker, Stokr., H.M.S. Carysfort); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jas. Tooker, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks and polished, fine or better (3) £180-220

James Tooker was born in Cork in May 1858 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in December 1879. Having then served off Egypt in the Suakin operations of 1884, and been awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in January 1891, he transferred to the Coast Guard at Newhaven in September of the same year. He was finally released in the rate of Commissioned Boatman in May 1908; also see Lot 686 for his son’s awards.