Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1857-60, 3 clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858 (John Williams, Stoker H.M.S. Bustard) contemporary engraved naming, minor edge nicks, otherwise generally good very fine £400-£500

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2005.

John Williams was born in Isleworth, Middlesex. He served as a Stoker with H.M.S. Bustard during the Second China War 1857-60, and was discharged to shore at Hong Kong, 12 January 1861.