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

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Gentle Dawe, A.B. (Pensioner), H.M.S. Indus), impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £80-100

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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Gentle Dawe was born at Buckland, Devon, probably in the first half of 1836, and entered the Royal Navy as a 2nd Class Ordinary Seaman in September 1854. He subsequently witnessed active service aboard H.M.S. Cossack in the Baltic operations of 1855 and was pensioned ashore as a Petty Officer 2nd Class in December 1872. Rejoining as an Able Seaman (Pensioner) in March 1876, he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in October 1881 and was once more pensioned ashore in March 1882.