The Naval General Service Medal awarded to Ordinary Seaman J. Jones, Royal Navy, one of “The Few” who remained aboard H.M.S. Amethyst throughout the Yangtze incident after the evacuations carried out at Rose Island and Hsiao Ho

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/SSX. 855419 J. Jones, Ord. Smn., R.N.), edge bruise, otherwise better than very fine £2,000-£2,600

Provenance: John Hillard Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2010.

John Jones, a native of Liverpool, is verified on the roll of the “Few” in C. E. Lucas Phillips’ Escape of the Amethyst. Sold with full verification.