Auction Catalogue

22 September 2006

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 553

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22 September 2006

Hammer Price:
£250

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (H. Taylor, A.B., H.M.S. Chesapeake) an officially impressed later issue, good very fine £140-160

Henry Taylor was also entitled to a medal for the Baltic, where he served aboard H.M.S. Miranda, and for the Crimea with Sebastopol and Azoff clasps for service aboard H.M.S. Snake. His officially impressed Baltic Medal, which was issued in 1903, was sold in these rooms in June 1902. Sold with research.