Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1834-53 (T. Starkey. Ordinary 2nd Class.) contact marks, otherwise very fine and scarce £300-£400

Thomas Starkey is confirmed as an Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Dee during the Third Kaffir War. Only 88 medals issued to this ship. He is believed to have also served in the Crimea.