Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Petty Officer John Knight, Royal Navy

Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (C.P.O., H.M.S. Vivid) mounted as worn from a twin silver brooch buckle, very fine (2) £600-700

John Knight served as an Able Seaman and an Ordinary Seaman aboard Plover during the Franklin Search Expedition that set out from England in January 1848. On 14 September 1850, he transferred to the Herald for passage home as an Able Seaman.