Lot Archive

Lot

№ 227

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2 April 2003

Hammer Price:
£700

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Thomas Phillips) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, some edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £500-550

Ex Glendining’s February 1908.

Confirmed on the roll as a Boy 1st Class serving aboard H.M.S.
Champion during the Burmese war. At the time of claiming his medal he was serving in the Coast Guard at Whitstable in Kent.