Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 March 2013

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 136

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25 March 2013

Hammer Price:
£270

Abyssinia 1867 (W. N. Hancock, A.B., H.M.S. Daphne) suspension refitted, very fine £200-250

William Nancollas Hancock was born in Bodmin, Cornwall on 6 April 1848. He first entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on Impregnable in October 1862. He attained the rank of Petty Officer 1st Class in September 1876. Shore Pensioned in October 1887.

With copied service papers.