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№ 428

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£2,200

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 3 clasps, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895, Benin 1897 (F. Densham, Chf. Sto., H.M.S. Widgeon) minor contact wear and test hole at trunk of bust, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a rare combination
£800-1000

Ex Commander Ron Champion Collection, September 2002.

Chief Stoker Densham earned all three clasps for services in H.M.S.
Widgeon (ADM 171/46 refers). It is believed to be one of only two issued with this combination (the other example appeared in the Douglas-Morris Collection, Part II, Lot 305).

Sold with copy medal roll entries.