Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Midshipman F. S. Vander Meulen, Royal Navy

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (F. Vander Meulen, Midn. H.M.S. Furious. 1854. 55. 56) contemporarily engraved in a near identical style to the officially engraved Crimea Medals issued to H.M.S. Albion; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (F. Vander Meulen. Midn. H.M.S. Sans Pareil. 57&58.) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (F. Vander Meulen Midn. H.M.S. Furious. 1854. 55. 56) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced with ring suspension, nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500

Frederick Samuel Vander Meulen served as a Naval Cadet and Midshipman in H.M.S. Furious in the Black Sea throughout the Crimean War, and was present at all operations before Odessa, and at the attack on the forts of Sebastopol, 17 October 1854, and the capture of Kinburn &c. (Crimean and Turkish Medals, Sebastopol clasp). He served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Sans Pareil 1857-58 in China and India, and was present at the capture of Canton and the attack on Namtow, in the Canton River (China Medal, Canton clasp).

Note: The Logbook kept by the recipient in H.M.S. Furious in 1853 is held by the Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich.