Special Collections

Sold on 13 December 2007

1 part

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Medals for the Somaliland 1902-1904 to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines

Lot

№ 498

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£410

Pair: Able Seaman R. W. Clift, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Somaliland 1908-10 (Ord., H.M.S. Porpoise); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (216348 A.B., H.M.S. Philomel) very fine (2) £260-300

R. W. Clift served as an Ordinary Seaman aboard the 3rd class cruiser Porpoise in the Somaliland Campaign 1902-04 and an Able Seaman aboard the 3rd class cruiser Philomel in the Somaliland 1908-10 and Persian Gulf operations.