Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (A. F. Holland, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard) light pitting from Khedive’s Star, otherwise nearly very fine £100-£140

Alfred Edward Holland was born in Portsmouth on 23 May 1863, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in the training ship H.M.S. Boscawen on 4 March 1879. He was discharged to Inconstant on 24 August 1880, and served in this ship during the operations in Egypt in 1882 (Medal and Bronze Star). Having advanced to Leading Seaman in May 1889, he was appointed a Boatman in the Coast Guard in March 1890 and received his L.S. & G.C. medal shortly afterwards. He served with the Coast Guard on the Australian Station from June 1893 until discharged to pension on 3 July 1902, during which period he was promoted to Commissioned Boatman on 5 May 1898. He then enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve in April 1903 and served until 23 May 1913, when he was discharged having attained the age of 50 years.

Sold with various parchment and paper certificates of service contained in Admiralty registered packet addressed to Henning Street, Battersea, London.