Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Baltic 1854-55 (C. W. Gardner 1st Class Assnt. Engr. H.M.S. Bulldog) contemporarily engraved naming, minor edge bruising, good very fine £120-£160

Charles W. Gardner joined the wooden paddle sloop H.M.S. Bulldog from H.M.S. Orion as a Supernumerary in September 1855, being appointed to the full ship’s company in February 1856. He was discharged from the ship on 25 March 1857.