Lot 98
South Africa Long Service Pair
"Behind The Wire" - Medal and Militaria Sale | M25001
Auction: 17 September 2025 at 14:00 BST
Description
The South Africa Medal and Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal awarded Able Seaman and Boatman, H,M.S. Shah, Royal Navy and Her Majesty’s Coast Guard, George Bailey comprising South Africa Medal 1877-79, one clasp, 1879, (G. Bailey A.B. H.M.S. Shah), Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, impressed naming, (G. Bailey, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard), very fine (2)
George Bailey was born on the 30th of July 1857 in Portsmouth Hampshire, he joined the Royal Navy after two years Boy Service on the 30th of July 1875 for a period of ten years. He served aboard H.M.S. Shah from the 14th of August 1876 to the 31st of October 1879. He transferred to the Coast Guard on the 3rd of September 1886 and can be found in 1894 at HM Coastguard Establishment Blatchington, Brighton, as Commissioned Boatman. He retired, Pensioned to Shore, from the Coast Guard on the 23rd of January 1896 after 23 years’ service man and boy.
394 Medals to ship
Sold with Copy Service Papers, Copy Medal Roll Copy HM Coastguard Establishment Book Blatchington, Brighton
Provenance
Chelsea Military Antiques 2006
