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The Collection of Medals formed by the late Ron Wright
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Four: Attributed to Leading Seaman John Flynn, Royal Navy, one of the small detachment who served under Lieutenant H. C. Glynn of H.M.S. Britannnia on the Danube in 1854 and received the Turkish General Service Medal Crimea 1854-55, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857; Turkish General Service Medal, silver, fitted with a Crimea-type replacement suspension, this rather crude and non-swivelling; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, all unnamed as issued, mounted for display, contact marks, good fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Day Collection 1910 - ‘Purchased by Mr Day from family of recipient, John Flynn, one of the gun-boats crew who obtained the Sultan’s medal for service at the Sulina, mouth of the Danube between 7th July and 19th August 1854.’; Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. The Turkish General Service medal was awarded to Lieutenant H. C. Glynn of H.M.S. Britannia, and a party of up to 30 seamen, including John Flynn, for participating in the bridging of the Danube at Giurgevo and in manning Turkish gunboats in the vicinity. For further details of these operations see Naval Medals 1793-1856, by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, pp 352-362.
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Four: Attributed to Leading Seaman John Flynn, Royal Navy, one of the small detachment who served under Lieutenant H. C. Glynn of H.M.S. Britannnia on the Danube in 1854 and received the Turkish General Service Medal Crimea 1854-55, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857; Turkish General Service Medal, silver, fitted with a Crimea-type replacement suspension, this rather crude and non-swivelling; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, all unnamed as issued, mounted for display, contact marks, good fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Day Collection 1910 - ‘Purchased by Mr Day from family of recipient, John Flynn, one of the gun-boats crew who obtained the Sultan’s medal for service at the Sulina, mouth of the Danube between 7th July and 19th August 1854.’; Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. The Turkish General Service medal was awarded to Lieutenant H. C. Glynn of H.M.S. Britannia, and a party of up to 30 seamen, including John Flynn, for participating in the bridging of the Danube at Giurgevo and in manning Turkish gunboats in the vicinity. For further details of these operations see Naval Medals 1793-1856, by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, pp 352-362.
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