(John Knight, Captain of Forecastle, H.M.S. Galatea. 23 Years) fitted with small ring and bar suspension, very fine

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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Awarded 17 February 1832.
John Knight was born in Guernsey in 1792. He had been a First Class Petty Officer for ten years but little else is known of his career.