Auction Catalogue

16 October 1996

Starting at 11:00 AM

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The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals (Part 1)

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 381

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16 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£320

China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts (F. Broom, Sto., H.M.S. Whiting) very fine

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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The destroyers WHITING and FAME together carried out an audacious commando style attack when they captured four Chinese destroyers moored off the dockyard at Taku.