Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, engraved naming (James Arrowsmith Lg. Stoker, H.M.S. Immortalite.) very fine £100-£140

James Arrowsmith was born in Manchester on 20 October 1838 and joined the Royal Navy on 21 May 1859. Advanced Leading Stoker on 27 September 1870, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1876, and was shore pensioned on 25 May 1879.