Auction Catalogue

21 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 23

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21 September 2007

Hammer Price:
£620

China 1842 (Jonathan Pettit, Petty Offr., H.M.S. Vixen), original straight bar suspension, good very fine £420-460

H.M.S. Vixen was a wooden hulled paddle sloop, launched in 1841 and scrapped in 1862. 138 medals awarded for service in the China War of 1842.