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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 393

x Naval Long Service & G.C., Anchor type (William Simpson A.B. H.M.S. Fisgard. 21 Years), contact marks, signs of obverse die flaw, very fine, pierced for ring suspension as issued, with contemporary silver straight bar suspension Estimate £ 550-650 Willam Simpson, born Chiswick, Middlesex; joined Royal Navy as Landsman, 1825; Ordinary Seaman 1826; service included in H.M. Ships Pallas, Portland and Fisgard, he was issued with his L.S. & G.C. 7.10.1847; served during the Baltic Campaign (entitled to medal), in H.M.S. St. George; discharged 1861

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