Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1842 (Richard Symons, Lieut., H.M.S. Wellesley) lacking suspension, hole drilled and otherwise damaged at 12 o’clock, edge bruising and contact wear, good fine

Richard Symons was Senior Lieutenant of Wellesley at the taking of the forts of the Bocca Tigris in the operations against Canton, and at the capture of Amoy and Chinghae in 1841. He was promoted to Commander in June 1841, and to Captain in March 1857.