Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant John Court, Royal Marine Artillery

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (J. Court, Sergt. R.M.A. H.M.S. Princess Royal) contemporary engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (J. Court. Serjt. R.M.A. H.M.S. Amphion. 21 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, fitted with scroll suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £800-£1,000

John Court was born at Glastonbury, Somerset, and attested as a Private with the Royal Marines on 9 October 1841, aged 20 years. He served in the rank of Sergeant in the Royal Marine Artillery aboard H.M.S. Princess Royal in both the Baltic and the Crimea. He was set off the rolls on 14 February 1863 - discharged for length of service - having been paid off from his last ship, Amphion, on 20 December 1862, to Portsmouth Head Quarters.