Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee

Three: Chief Engine Room Artificer S. Bryant, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (E.R. Artfr., H.M.S. Invincible); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Chf. E.R. Artfr., H.M.S. Magicienne), impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, this last with lightly scratched letters ‘M’ and ‘R’ to reverse, contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (3) £200-250

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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Samuel Bryant was born at Bradford, Wiltshire in May 1852 and entered the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer in August 1876. He subsequently witnessed active service aboard H.M.S. Invincible in the Egypt operations of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in August 1890. Bryant was pensioned ashore as a Chief Engine Room Artificer in August 1896.