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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 163

Three: Surgeon E. McSorley, Royal Navy

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (E. McSorley. Asst. Surgeon, H.M.S. Firebrand), naming engraved in upright capitals; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidie, 5th Class breast Badge, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse inscribed, ‘E. McSorley, Asst. Surgeon, H.M.S. Firebrand’; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (E. McSorley. Asst. Surgeon, H.M.S. Firebrand), pierced with dual ring suspension, mounted for wear, very fine (3)

Turkish Order of the Medjidie London Gazette 3 April 1858.

Edward McSorley entered the Royal Navy as an Acting Assistant Surgeon on 1 October 1852 and first saw service aboard the Cruizer. In December the same year he transferred to the paddle-wheel steam frigate Firebrand as Assistant Surgeon. During the Crimean War the ship saw service in the Black Sea and the Danube. McSorley continued to serve aboard the Firebrand until after the cessation of hostilities with Russia. He was promoted Surgeon in 1861 and died whilst on active service aboard Rattler in January 1866.

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£450