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SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 121


INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Drum Major Charles Higgins, 75th Foot) later style impressed naming, minor edge bruising, good very fine


£200-250


Charles Higgins was born in Cam, Gloucetsershire. He attested for the Scots Fusilier Guards at London on 16 May 1836, aged 12 years. Transferred to the 75th Regiment in April 1849. He was first appointed a Drummer in April 1839 and Drum Major in April 1849 but was several times reduced from both ranks. By the time he was discharged he had received 16 entries in the defaulters book and had been tried by courts martial six times. Served in India for over 12 years. He was discharged at Aldershot on 19 October 1864. With copied discharge papers and roll extract.


122 123 124 125 126 127 128 INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Corpl. John Cooper, 97th Regt.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £300-350


Private William Parrott, 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, died at Lucknow on 2 May 1858. INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Wm. Parrott, 3rd Bn. Rifle Bde.) clasp slightly bent, good very fine £300-400


INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Driver Balloo Arty Hyderabad Contingent) Indian impressed naming, edge bruise, some contact marks, nearly very fine


£250-300


INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Jemdr. Bagh Sing, 24th Pioneer Regt. of Punjab Infy.) Indian impressed naming, claw slack, edge bruising, contact marks, about very fine, scarce


£300-400 CHINA 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £140-180


CHINA 1857-60, no clasp (Armr. J. Flack.) officially impressed naming, claw tightened, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine


£80-100 CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (87 Co. Jno. Mansfield, R.M.), old engraved naming, very fine £200-250


John Mansfield served as a Lance-Corporal in 87th Company, Royal Marines, during the Second China War, and was awarded the above Medal & clasp in respect of his services in the Canton operations of 1857 (T.N.A. ADM 171/30 refers). In the following year, on 18-19 June, he was landed from H.M.S. Assistance in Admiral Sir James Hope’s failed assault on the Taku Forts, his name appearing in the Admiral’s despatch as among those who were severely wounded on the same occasion - participants in this attack were not entitled to the clasp for Taku Forts; sold with copied medal roll entry and details of the Admiral’s despatch from the London Gazette 16 September 1859.


129 claw a little slack, minor contact marks, very fine 130


Ex D.N.W. 6 December 2006. CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (1st C. Engr. J. B. Greig, H.M.S. Coromandel I.N.) officially impressed naming,


£300-350


Ex Captain W. A. Tinlin Collection, D.N.W. 7 March 2007. CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (John Snow, Painter, H.M.S. Coromandel I.N.) officially impressed naming,


good very fine 131 £300-350


With copied roll extract. CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Nathaniel Malone, 44th Regt.) officially impressed, edge bruising, contact


marks, nearly very fine 132 £160-200


CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Trumpet Major Thos. Williams, 1st Bn. Mil. Train) officially impressed naming, blister above Queen’s head from suspension post, edge bruising, contact marks, very fine


£160-200


Thomas Williams was born in St. Andrews, London. He enlisted into the Military Train at Westminster on 4 October 1856. Appointed a Trumpeter in October 1856 and promoted to Trumpet Major in November 1857. Served in America for one year and in China for one year but was invalided to England from the latter posting in February 1861 due to heart disease. He was discharged in August 1865. With copied service papers and research.


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CHINA 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Asst. Surgn. S. H. Marshall, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) officially impressed naming, good very fine


£300-350


Stephen Henry Marshall was born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1831 and was appointed an Assistant Surgeon on the Staff on 7 May 1858 and appointed to the 2nd Regiment in June the same year. Transferred to the 45th Regiment in April 1862. Placed on Half Pay on 23 September 1862.


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CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Pte. O. Aubin, 17th Bn.) impressed naming, CANADA 1866 VETERAN’S ASSOCIATION STAR, base silver and gilt metals, unnamed, with top bar, good very fine (2)


£280-320


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