Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1842, 2 clasps, China 1842, Taku Forts 1858 (William Parker, H.M.S. Alligator.) original suspension, clasps riveted together and loose on ribbon, good very fine and scarce £1,600-£2,000

Only 101 clasps for ‘China 1842’ issued to officers and men who served in the first and second China wars.

William Parker was a Boy 1st Class aboard H.M.S. Alligator during the First China War in 1841-42, and a Quarter Master aboard H.M.S. Pique at the capture of the Taku Forts in 1858. Confirmed on the roll of recipients for the clasp 'China 1842' in Naval Medals 1793-1856, by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, where further details will be found.