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23 June 2021

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№ 535

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23 June 2021

Hammer Price:
£200

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, engraved naming (Edwd. Nightingale. Shps. Stewd. H.M. Rl. Navl. Barks.) edge nicks, very fine £100-£140

Edward Nightingale was born in Sheerness, Kent, on 13 November 1837, and joined the Royal Navy on 1 March 1856. Advanced Ship’s Steward First Class on 15 January 1873, he was posted to the Naval Barracks on 1 April 1873, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 May of that year. He was shore pensioned on 12 November 1881.