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Sold between 23 November & 17 September 2009

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Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

Eric Smith

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№ 8

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23 November 2009

Hammer Price:
£390

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. Manchester, Barber, H.M.S. “Eclipse”), minor edge bruising, good very fine £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

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John Manchester was born in Portsmouth in September 1858 and entered the Royal Navy as a Barber in H.M.S. Duke of Wellington in December 1879. His subsequent appointments included Eclipse (January 1880 to September 1883); Duke of Wellington, February to March 1884, and Temeraire (April-May 1884). His service record also reveals that he was once imprisoned for 21 days. Manchester was ‘discharged to shore as undesirable from Duke of Wellington’ on 7 June 1884; sold with copied service record.