Three: Petty Officer T. Reed, Royal Navy

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Ordy. Sean., H.M.S. Champion), long hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming; China 1842 (Petty Offr., H.M.S. Jupiter); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Sail Maker, H.M.S. Collingwood, 24 Yrs.), edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise generally very fine and rare (3) £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Jack Deacon.

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Approximately 10 long hyphen reverse Army of India Medals are known to R.N. recipients, three of them being held in the collection of the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth. For further details see Naval Medals 1793-1856, by Douglas-Morris.

Thomas Reed joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Driver in November 1821. Next appointed to the Champion in the rate of Able Seaman, he served in the Ava operations and was advanced to Sailmaker aboard the Alligator in July 1829. Reed witnessed further action in the First China War, while in the same rate aboard the Jupiter, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in July 1848, when he was pensioned ashore from the Collingwood.