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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 148

East and West Africa 1887-1900, two clasps, 1891-2, Benin 1897 (G. Skinner, Sto. H.M.S. Thrush.), darkly toned, contact marks to obverse, minor edge bruising, therefore very fine

125242 Stoker Petty Officer George Skinner, born Erith, Kent, 1864; joined the Royal Navy as Stoker Second Class, 1893; service included in H.M.S. Thrush, August 1891 - December 1893, and H.M.S. Theseus, January 1896 - July 1897; 'Shore Pensioned' 5.10.1904; re-engaged for the Great War, and served at H.M.S. Pembroke II, 2.8.1914-11.8.1915.

Approximately 42 '1891-2' clasp awards to H.M.S. Thrush

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