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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 136

East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Liwondi 1893 (J. Wicks, Car. Mte., H.M.S. Herald.), light contact marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine

109400 Carpenter's Mate James Wicks, born Falmouth, Cornwall, 1864; joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class, 1879; advanced Carpenter's Mate, 1892; service included in H.M.S. Herald, November 1892-February 1894.

Approximately 31 single 'Liwondi 1893' clasps were awarded to European naval officers and men from H.M. Ships Herald (15) and Mosquito (16).

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