China 1842 (P. C. Perry, Royal Marines) replacement straight bar suspension, signs of brooch mounting to obverse, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £260-300

Ex D.N.W. 19 March 2008.

Phillip Coles Perry enlisted at Barnstaple, Devon, on 26 August 1836, aged 22 years. He served 21 years with the Plymouth Division, R.M.; 15 years of which being service ‘afloat’. He served aboard H.M.S. Wellesley during the First China War and on H.M.S. James Watt in the Baltic 1854-55.