Auction Catalogue

10 & 11 December 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

№ 661

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11 December 2014

Hammer Price:
£280

China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Geo. Younghusband, 1st Bn. Mil. Train) officially impressed naming, very fine £250-300

George Younghusband was born in South Shields and enlisted into the 6th Dragoon Guards on 24 April 1855, aged 20. He served in China with the Military Train and was later with the 1st Battalion M.T. at Woolwich. Roll confirms first clasp only.