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The unique 3-clasp Africa General Service medal awarded to J. D. Fernandez, a Domestic and...
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The unique 3-clasp Africa General Service medal awarded to J. D. Fernandez, a Domestic and later Officer’s Steward in the Royal Navy who served in all three Somaliland expeditions between 1902 and 1920 Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Somaliland 1908-10, Somaliland 1920 (J. D. Fernandes, Dom. 3 Cl., H.M.S. Fox) unofficial rivets between clasps, good very fine £2,000-£2,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Joaquin Domingo Fernandes was born in Goa, India on 1 July 1884. He is described on his service paper as a ‘Man of Colour’. A Servant by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy as a Domestic on 7 November 1903. He served on the Fox, November 1903-November 1905, during which time he gained his first ‘Somaliland’ clasp. As Domestic 2nd Class and then as Officer’s Steward he then served on the Hyacinth, May 1907-April 1911, during which time he gained his second clasp. He was appointed Officer’s Steward 1st Class when on the Swiftsure in September 1913, on which he served until February 1915. Further wartime service aboard the ships Euryalus and Juno followed. Post-war he served aboard the Odin, September 1919 - September 1920, during which time he gained his third Somaliland clasp. Sold with copied record of service and extract from published roll in which he is listed as the only recipient of three clasps to the Africa General Service Medal to the Royal Navy.
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The unique 3-clasp Africa General Service medal awarded to J. D. Fernandez, a Domestic and later Officer’s Steward in the Royal Navy who served in all three Somaliland expeditions between 1902 and 1920 Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Somaliland 1908-10, Somaliland 1920 (J. D. Fernandes, Dom. 3 Cl., H.M.S. Fox) unofficial rivets between clasps, good very fine £2,000-£2,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Joaquin Domingo Fernandes was born in Goa, India on 1 July 1884. He is described on his service paper as a ‘Man of Colour’. A Servant by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy as a Domestic on 7 November 1903. He served on the Fox, November 1903-November 1905, during which time he gained his first ‘Somaliland’ clasp. As Domestic 2nd Class and then as Officer’s Steward he then served on the Hyacinth, May 1907-April 1911, during which time he gained his second clasp. He was appointed Officer’s Steward 1st Class when on the Swiftsure in September 1913, on which he served until February 1915. Further wartime service aboard the ships Euryalus and Juno followed. Post-war he served aboard the Odin, September 1919 - September 1920, during which time he gained his third Somaliland clasp. Sold with copied record of service and extract from published roll in which he is listed as the only recipient of three clasps to the Africa General Service Medal to the Royal Navy.
Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part 2)
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