Pair: Able Seaman J. Wadhams, Royal Navy, Crimea, two clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff [second clasp riveted and soldered] (H.M.S. Agamemnon), impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, British die, edge bruising and slight contact wear, generally about very fine (2)

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Pair: Able Seaman J. Wadhams, Royal Navy, Crimea, two clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff [second clasp riveted and soldered] (H.M.S. Agamemnon), impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, British die, edge bruising and slight contact wear, generally about very fine (2)

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Able Seaman James Wadhams was born in Strood, Kent in August 1831 and joined H.M.S. Agamemnon as an Ordinary Seaman in December 1852. Subsequently engaged in operations in the Sea of Azoff and off Sebastopol, he was advanced to Able Seaman in late 1860 and left the Service in August 1864.