Auction Catalogue

19 June 2024

Starting at 10:00 AM

.

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Live Online Auction

Download Images

Lot

№ 727

.

19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£170

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Richard Bickell. Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Vivid.) impressed naming, contact marks and minor edge bruising, very fine £80-£100

Richard Bickell, a seaman from Calstock, Cornwall, was born on 1 May 1865. He attested into the Royal Navy on 27 January 1887. Advanced Chief Stoker on 4 May 1898, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 5 February 1902. Shore pensioned on 27 January 1909, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.

Sold with copied service papers.