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Three: Corporal J. Blackman, Royal Marines Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebast...
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Three: Corporal J. Blackman, Royal Marines Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (J. Blackman, R.M.L.I.) contemporarily engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Jn. Blackman Corpl., R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Victoria & Albert, 21 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (John Blackman, R.M.L.I.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced with ring suspension, good very fine (3) £700-£900 --- One of just seven Victorian ‘wide suspension’ Long Service and Good Conduct Medals named to the Royal Yacht. John Blackman was born at Harting, Sussex in the spring of 1835 and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Portsmouth in March 1853. Quickly seeing active service aboard H.M.S. Hannibal in the Crimean War, including the Sebastopol operations, he ended his career as a Corporal on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, in which ship he served for nearly 15 years, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on being discharged ashore in April 1874. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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Three: Corporal J. Blackman, Royal Marines Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (J. Blackman, R.M.L.I.) contemporarily engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Jn. Blackman Corpl., R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Victoria & Albert, 21 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (John Blackman, R.M.L.I.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced with ring suspension, good very fine (3) £700-£900 --- One of just seven Victorian ‘wide suspension’ Long Service and Good Conduct Medals named to the Royal Yacht. John Blackman was born at Harting, Sussex in the spring of 1835 and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Portsmouth in March 1853. Quickly seeing active service aboard H.M.S. Hannibal in the Crimean War, including the Sebastopol operations, he ended his career as a Corporal on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, in which ship he served for nearly 15 years, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on being discharged ashore in April 1874. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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