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Four: Master H. Hutchings, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55 (H. Hutchings, Master H.M.S....
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Baltic 1854-55 (H. Hutchings, Master H.M.S. Gladiator.) contemporarily engraved naming; Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff, second clasp loose on riband (H. Hutchings, Master. H.M.S. Gladiator & Wasp.) contemporarily engraved naming; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver (Henry Hutchings, Mr. Asst. H.M.S. Benbow.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced, with ring and straight bar suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (H. Hutchings, Master, H.M.S. Gladiator & Wasp.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced as issued with small ring suspension, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-£1,000
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Henry Hutchings was born in Portsmouth in 1816 and joined the Royal Navy as a Volunteer Second Class in 1832. Appointed Master’s Assistant in 1837, he served in H.M.S. Hecate from 20 October 1840 to 12 June 1841 and saw active service during the operations on and off the coast of Syria in 1840; in addition to receiving a Silver Medal for the Bombardment of St. John d’Acre on 3 November 1840 also received a Naval General Service Medal with clasp Syria. He was appointed 2nd Master on 7 November 1843 in H.M.S. Albion, and passed for Master on 24 July 1847, serving in that capacity in H.M.S. Volcano from 11 November 1851. he served in H.M.S. Gladiator from 13 July 1854 to 12 March 1855, and then in H.M.S. Wasp from 14 March 1855 to 7 January 1856. He transferred to the Coast Guard on 10 January 1857, but was recalled to the hospital ship H.M.S. Acorn on 17 March 1863, and died in service on 9 June 1864.
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Baltic 1854-55 (H. Hutchings, Master H.M.S. Gladiator.) contemporarily engraved naming; Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff, second clasp loose on riband (H. Hutchings, Master. H.M.S. Gladiator & Wasp.) contemporarily engraved naming; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver (Henry Hutchings, Mr. Asst. H.M.S. Benbow.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced, with ring and straight bar suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (H. Hutchings, Master, H.M.S. Gladiator & Wasp.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced as issued with small ring suspension, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-£1,000
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Henry Hutchings was born in Portsmouth in 1816 and joined the Royal Navy as a Volunteer Second Class in 1832. Appointed Master’s Assistant in 1837, he served in H.M.S. Hecate from 20 October 1840 to 12 June 1841 and saw active service during the operations on and off the coast of Syria in 1840; in addition to receiving a Silver Medal for the Bombardment of St. John d’Acre on 3 November 1840 also received a Naval General Service Medal with clasp Syria. He was appointed 2nd Master on 7 November 1843 in H.M.S. Albion, and passed for Master on 24 July 1847, serving in that capacity in H.M.S. Volcano from 11 November 1851. he served in H.M.S. Gladiator from 13 July 1854 to 12 March 1855, and then in H.M.S. Wasp from 14 March 1855 to 7 January 1856. He transferred to the Coast Guard on 10 January 1857, but was recalled to the hospital ship H.M.S. Acorn on 17 March 1863, and died in service on 9 June 1864.
Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
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