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Sold on 29 June 2006

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The Kuriheka Collection of British Medals

Colonel Joseph Cowie Nichols, C.B.E., V.D., J.P

Lot

№ 64 x

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£2,900

Pair: John Quinn, Petty Officer, H.M.S. Hazard

China 1842 (John Quinn, Petty Officr., H.M.S. Hazard); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (J. Quin, Boatswns. Mate, H.M.S. Hazard) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kuriheka Collection of British Medals.

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112 China medals issued to this ship which also carried 20 R.M. officers and men. 23 of these men also served in Hazard during the operations in New Zealand in 1845-46, for which the ship received a total of 35 medals. This is the fourth recorded pair known to have survived to this ship.

John Quinn served as Captain of the Mizzen Top during the China war.