Orders, Decorations and Medals

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (J. Arnold, Pte. R.M. H.M.S. “Shah”) nearly extremely fine £180-200

Prior to arriving at the Cape for the Zulu campaign of 1879, H.M.S. Shah took part in the engagement with the Peruvian iron-clad turret ship Huascar on 29 May 1877. In company with the corvette Amethyst, Shah engaged the rebel iron-clad in a 3 hour engagement. However, the Huascar managed to escape to shallow waters at the close of day and a subsequent cutting out expedition also failed.