Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private John Haverfield, Royal Marines

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Jn. Haverfield, Pte., 23 Co. R.M.L.I. 21 Yrs.), both with silver buckle on ribbon, the medals set upon a Victorian Sailwork Picture within glass-fronted maple frame, 81.5 x 66cm; the embroidered picture depicts a three-masted warship within a garter, ‘Heaven Light our Guide, God Defend the Right’, with British flags to either side and flowers above, this faded and moth damaged; medals extremely fine (2) £800-1000

John Haverfield was born in Walton, Glastonbury on 27 November 1832. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Royal Marines at Glastonbury on 27 January 1850, aged 19 years, 2 months. He saw active service in the Second China War, 1857-61 and was awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal with gratuity in 1873. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and research.