Pair: Colour-Sergeant James White, Royal Marines

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (James White); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (J. White, C--. ---t. R.M., H.M.S. Osprey) officially impressed naming, rank mostly erased and naming otherwise rubbed on the second, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £900-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kuriheka Collection of British Medals.

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Ex Gray collection 1898, sold by Glendining in May 1920, when incorrectly catalogued as a Syria clasp, with incorrect reverse dates of 1846 to 1847, and initial incorrectly given as ‘C’. The studious notes compiled by Mr E. E. Needes at this period confirm the correct description given above.

162 medals with these dates issued to the Royal Navy, including 11 to this ship. James White served as a Private, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Dartmouth at Navarino.