Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Lewis Hern) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £600-800

Lewis Hern was born in the Parish of Bampton, Witney, Oxfordshire. A Carpenter by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marines at Oxford of 5 November 1836, aged 20 years, 6 months, for a bounty of £3. He served on H.M.S. Edinburgh, August-July 1841 and was present in the actions on and off the coast of Syria during 1840. With copied service papers.