Auction Catalogue

25 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 772

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£470

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (E. Clark, Engr. R.N. H.M.S. “Philomel”) extremely fine £300-350

77 Medals issued to R.N. officers and ratings of H.M.S. Philomel, and a further 14 medals to Seedies serving aboard the ship.

Edmund Clark was appointed Assistant Engineer in the Royal Navy in February 1861, and promoted to Engineer in April 1868. He was Engineer of
Philomel during operations in the Malay Peninsula, Perak expedition, 1875-76 (Perak Medal and Clasp). Clark retired on 26 December 1878.