Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Wm Briskham, Ord, Pearl.) with ornate silver top riband bar, extremely fine £700-£900

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002.

Approximately 253 medals awarded to H.M.S. Pearl.

William Briskham was born at Hawden, Yorkshire in June 1837. He joined the Royal Navy, after eighteen months at sea in the Merchant Service, at Liverpool 10 October 1855. Briskham joined the Pearl on the same day, as a Boy 1st Class, and served with the Pearl’s Naval Brigade throughout the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, from 12 September 1857 to 9 October 1858, by which time he was rated as an Ordinary Seaman.

Sold with copy Continuous Service Certificate, Muster Roll, and Medal Roll entry.