Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse (James Smith, Master at Arms, H.M.S. Kent, 26 Years.) fitted with small ring for suspension, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better £1,200-£1,500

Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997.

L.S. & G.C. awarded 6 December 1831.

James Smith was born in 1784 in Quebec. He is entitled to a 3 clasp N.G.S. medal for Basque Roads 1809 (Trumpeter Revenge), Algiers (Master at Arms Superb) and Navarino (Master at Arms Albion). Sold with comprehensive research following his progress from Veteran to Revenge on 13 September 1808, in which ship he becomes a Trumpeter from March 1809 and is present at Basque Roads; in Superb from 1 January 1813, as Trumpeter and becoming Master at Arms per Warrant 9 September 1815, and present at Algiers in August 1816; and for Albion, 1 September to 31 October 1827, as Master at Arms at Navarino. He was finally paid off from Kent on 13 December 1831.