Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 304

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£620

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, 1891-2, Witu August 1893 (J. McGrath, A.B., H.M.S. Sparrow) slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £350-400

H.M.S. Sparrow was a ‘Redbreast’ Class composite gunboat, with a complement of 76. A total of 30 men of the vessel with this clasp combination for services in both East and West Africa.