Auction Catalogue

8 December 2016

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 548

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8 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£650

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (Brev. Major C. K. Bushe, 59th Regt.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £500-600

Charles Kendall Bushe was appointed Ensign in the 59th Foot, from the Royal Military Academy, on 14 April 1843; Lieutenant, 14 April 1846; Captain, 11 May 1849, these commissions all by purchase; Brevet Major, 13 April 1858; Major, 23 September 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, 26 June 1866; retired with the rank of Colonel in June 1871.

Colonel Kendall served in the Second China War and commanded the troops in the operations before and during the bombardment of Canton by the Royal Navy under Sir Michael Seymour in the latter part of 1856 and the beginning of 1857. He was subsequently present at the assault and capture of that city in December 1857, and of Namtow on 11 August 1858, being employed as Brigade Major during some of that period (Brevet of Major, medal and clasp).

A very fine photographic image of Bushe in uniform and wearing his China medal is held at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 17051), a copy sold with the lot together with other copied research.