Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Commissioned Boatswain R. Cobb, Royal Navy

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (1st Cl. Boy. R. Cobb. H.M.S. Aurora) engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Rd. Cobb. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard) light contact marks, very fine (2) £400-£500

Richard Cobb was born in Devonport on 2 July 1848. Enlisting in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable with service no. 26771A, he is confirmed on the Canada General Service medal roll with the clasp Fenian Raid 1866 (131 Medals with clasp awarded to H.M.S. Aurora). He transferred to H.M. Coastguard on 5 September 1875, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 March 1880. Advanced Commissioned Boatswain on 7 July 1886, he was Invalided to shore on 26 June 1890.