Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Three: Corporal J. Blackman, Royal Marines Light Infantry

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (J. Blackman, R.M.L.I.), contemporary re-engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Corpl., R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Victoria & Albert, 21 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (John Blackman, R.M.L.I.), contemporary re-engraved naming, good very fine (3) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Jack Deacon.

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John Blackman was born at Harting, Sussex in the spring of 1835 and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Portsmouth in March 1853. Quickly seeing active service aboard H.M.S. Hannibal in the Crimea War, including the Sebastopol operations, he ended his career as a Corporal in the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, in which ship he served for nearly 15 years. Blackman received his L.S. & G.C. Medal on being discharged ashore in April 1874.