Auction Catalogue

20 September 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1155

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20 September 2002

Hammer Price:
£360

Pair: Chief Petty Officer T. Smith, Royal Navy

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Boy 1st Cl., H.M.S. Niger), impressed naming; Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., V.R. narrow suspension (Gunrs. Mate, H.M.S. Antelope) good very fine (2) £200-240

41 Fenian Raid 1866 clasps were awarded to H.M.S. Niger.

Tom Smith was born in 1848 at Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire and entered the Royal Navy in 1863. He attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer in 1880 and was Pensioned in 1886. Sold with copied service papers.