Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Ship’s Steward J. Sperring, Royal Navy

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (J. Sperring. Ship’s Stewd. H.M.S. Druid. 73-74.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. Sperring. S. Stewd. 1. Cl: H.M.S. “Humber”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (J. Sperring. Ship’s Steward H.M.S. Duke of Wellington.) engraved naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, contact marks, nearly very fine or better (4) £340-£380

James Sperring was born at Woolwich on 11 December 1848 and entered naval service on 1 January 1873, serving in H.M.S. Druid from 12 August 1873 to 14 December 1876. He served in H.M.S. Humber from 18 June 1881 to 16 December 1882, seeing promotion to Ship’s Steward 1st Class on 7 July 1882.