Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Joseph Barber.) contact marks, slight edge bruising, nearly very fine £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood.

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Joseph Barber was born in Hoo, Kent in 1820. He first entered the Royal Navy in 1837, serving as a Boy 1st Class on H.M.S. Castor. As an Ordinary Seaman aboard the same ship he served in the operations on and off the coast of Syria, 1840.