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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 33

Pair: Ordinary Seaman G. Holman, Royal Navy
Crimea 1854-56, two clasps, Sebastopol, Inkermann, second clasp loose on riband as issued (Geo: Holman, H.M.S. Curacoa. 1855), contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (Geo. Holman. H.M.S. Curacoa. 1855), contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals, pierced as issued, with contemporary 'Baltic-style' silver swivel suspension, edge bruising and minor contact marks, very fine (2)

Ordinary Seaman George Holman, born Leeds, Yorkshire, August 1838; joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class and served during the Crimean War in H.M.S. Curacoa with the Naval Brigade in the outer redoubts before Sebastopol, and at Inkermann with the Naval Gun Defences; advanced Ordinary Seaman, August 1856.

Provenance: Moss Collection

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