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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 56

Three: Stoker 1st Class J.C. Blake, Royal Navy Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (283367 Sto: J.C. Blake, H.MS. Powerful), impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (283367 J.C. Blake. Sto.1 R.N.), nearly extremely fine, with the following related items: - H.M.S. Powerful ´Siege of Ladysmith´ Hunter Pocket Watch, silver case, the outer front cover inscribed ´Siege of Ladysmith, 118 Days, 1899-1900, J.E. [sic] Blake. Stoker, H.M.S. Powerful´, the movement inscribed ´S. Smith & Son, 9 Strand, Swiss made, London, Watchmakers to the Admiralty´, movement not in working order, otherwise good condition - Lloyd´s circular silver presentation snuff box, by ´H. & A.´, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, the lid with engraved crest and ´Lloyd´s´ above and the date ´7 May 1900´ below and additionally engraved ´J.C. Blake, H.M.S. Powerful, this with several dents and slightly polished (lot) Estimate £ 800-1,000 283367 Stoker 1st Class James Charles Blake, born Deptford, Kent, 1877; joined Royal Navy as Stoker 2nd Class, 1896; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 17.9.1897-5.1.1898; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Venus, 20.3.1916-31.10.1917, and H.M.S. Euryalus, 1.11.1917-20.12.1917; subsequent service included in H.M.S. Glory IV (a Russian ship formerly known as Askold, which was seized by the Royal Navy in 1918 after the Russian Revolution), 25.7.1918-30.4.1919.

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