Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Richard White, alias John White, Royal Navy

BALTIC 1854-55 (J. White, H.M.S. Basilisk) contemporary engraved naming; CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued, together with original parchment certificate of service and portrait photograph, edge bruise to first, otherwise good very fine (2)

Certificate of service confirms Baltic medal aboard Basilisk and shows White aboard H.M.S. Hesper from 1 April 1858 to 31 December 1861. Although Hesper qualified for the China war medal, the clasp has not been confirmed.