Three: Stoker 1st Class J. Clase, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (J. Clase, Sto., H.M.S. Porpoise.); British War Medal 1914-20 (117156 J. Clase. Sto. 1 R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (117156 Po. A.1360 J. Clase. Sto. 1. R.F.R.) edge nicks and light contact marks, very fine (3) £200-£240

Joseph Clase was born in Brighton, Sussex, on 4 August 1866, and joined the Royal Navy as a Band Boy on 22 August 1881. Appointed Stoker 2nd Class in H.M.S. Iron Duke on 1 February 1887, he was promoted Stoker in the same ship on 1 August of that year, and transferred to H.M.S. Porpoise on 23 April 1903, serving in her during operations on and off the coast of Somaliland from 3 June to 17 August 1903. He was shore pensioned on 30 September 1904, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 1 October of that year. He served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Vernon.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.