Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., with replacement wide suspension (Hy. Crossland, Stokr., H.M. Yht. Victoria & Albert), engraved naming, the replacement suspension somewhat slack and the claws flattened, otherwise good very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Henry Crossland was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in July 1843 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1858. Not having witnessed any active service, he joined the royal yacht Victoria & Albert as a Stoker in November 1870, and remained in her until being pensioned ashore in April 1876, a period that included him being awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in June 1875. This latter date would be for a narrow suspension type, but probably as a result of some of his fellow crew members still wearing the earlier “wides”, he chose to have his own award converted to a similar style.