China 1842 (Robert Leonard, H.M.S. Calliope.) with original suspension, good very fine £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards.

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Robert Leonard was born in Beckingham, Nottinghamshire, in 1812 and joined the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew in July 1834. He served in H.M.S. Calliope from February 1838 to June 1841, and was discharged in January 1844. He died in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in June 1868.