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№ 30

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8 November 2023

Hammer Price:
£850

Five: Staff Captain J. R. N. Moss, Royal Navy

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Staff Comdr. J. R. N. Moss, R.N. H.M.S. “Agincourt.”); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with additional silver bar suspension; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards.

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Roy Painter Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2022.

John Rolfe Nelson Moss was appointed Navigating Sub-Lieutenant on 11 July 1856; Navigating Lieutenant, 19 April 1859; Staff Commander, 7 December 1869; Staff Captain 11 July 1882; Retired Captain, 25 August 1889. He served as Master’s Assistant of Viper at the destruction of the Fort, &c., at Djimitea, in March 1855; took part in the siege of Sebastopol, and expeditions to Kertch and Yenikalé, and operations in the Sea of Azoff (Crimean and Turkish Medals, Sebastopol and Azoff Clasps); present during China war (Medal); Staff-Commander of Agincourt during the Egyptian war, 1882 (Egyptian Medal, Khedive’s Bronze Star).