Lot Archive

Lot

№ 461

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£700

Four: Chief Petty Officer F. W. Bigg, Royal Navy, wounded at Hsiku, 22 June 1900

China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (A.B., H.M.S. Centurion); 1914-15 Star (185001 C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (185001 C.P.O., R.N.) first with edge bruise and some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £500-600

185001 Able Seaman F. W. Bigg, H.M.S. Centurion, serving in the Seymour Expedition to Pekin, was wounded at Hsiku on 22 June 1900, suffering a bullet wound to the left forearm. He received his medal from H.M. The King on 8 March 1902.