Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 March 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 977

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26 March 2014

Hammer Price:
£720

China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (H. Dawes, Pte. R.M., Nl. Depot Wei-Hai-Wei) good very fine £450-550

Henry Dawes was born in Redland, Bristol on 25 February 1873. A Groom by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marines at Bristol on 25 June 1890. At the time of the Boxer Rebellion he was based at the Naval Depot at Wei-Hai-Wei and served in the Pekin Relief Expedition. With copied service papers.