Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Chas. Cash. 44th Regt.) officially impressed naming, small edge bruise and slight bend in clasp, otherwise extremely fine and rare £1,400-£1,600

Charles Cash was born at Stockport, Cheshire, and enlisted as a Private into the 44th Regiment on 19 November 1858, a weaver by trade. He was killed in action at the attack on the Peiho Forts, Taku, on 21 August 1860. The 44th Regiment had 10 men killed and 4 mortally wounded, and won two Victoria Crosses in this action.