Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (Wm. Thos. James, Purser.) very fine £1,200-£1,600

Provenance: Wallis & Wallis, November 1963; Christie’s, November 1990; Dix Noonan Webb, April 2003.

William Thomas James was appointed Paymaster and Purser on 6 February 1808. He served as Purser of Harpy in the Walcheren expedition in 1809, and of Nisus at the capture of Java in 1811. He was still on the Active List in 1852.