Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (A. J. Saffery, Act. Sh. Std., H.M.S. Porposie.) light contact marks, very fine £140-£180

Albert James Saffery was born at Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, on 28 January 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Ship’s Steward’s Assistant on 1 November 1901. He served in H.M.S. Porpoise from 12 April 1903 to 11 February 1904, and then saw further service during the Great War, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 7 December 1916. He was advanced Ship’s Steward Petty Officer on 16 November 1922, and was finally shore pensioned on 31 October 1923.