A Collection of Medals for the Ashantee War 1873-74

Three: Ward Room Cook George Langley, Royal Navy

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (G. Langley, Dom: 1.Cl. H.M.S. Himalaya. 73-74); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (G. Langley, Dom. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Niobe); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geo. Langley, Wd. Rm. Cook, H.M.S. Lord Warden) impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Ashantee War 1873-74.

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George Langley was born at Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, on 21 May 1847, and was a butcher by trade when he entered the Royal Navy, as a Domestic 1st Class aboard H.M.S. Himalaya, on 1 January 1873. Sold with copy service record up to December 1893.