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

Pair: Tailor G. Pace, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Bandn., H.M.S. Superb); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Tailor, H.M.S. Alexandra), impressed naming, both official replacement issues of 1894, generally extremely fine (2) £180-220

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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Guiseppe Pace was born at Cospicua, Malta in January 1834 and entered the Royal Navy as a Domestic 2nd Class in November 1876. He subsequently witnessed active service as a Bandsman aboard H.M.S. Superb during the Egypt operations of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal while serving as a Tailor aboard the Alexandra in March 1888, but, as confirmed by the above statement, he had to claim replacement awards following their loss in H.M.S. Victoria in June 1893, which ship he had joined back in April 1890. These were sent to him in February 1894, shortly after he had been invalided out of the Service, aged 59 years.