China 1842 (A. Clerk, Ensign, Madras Sappers & Miners) toned, extremely fine £1,000-£1,400

Only ten engineer officers served in the First China War, with ‘A’ & ‘B’ companies Madras Sappers & Miners, under Captain T. T. Pears, Madras Engineers, who acted as Chief Engineer, Ensign Clerk being the most junior of these officers. No Bengal or Bombay Engineers or Sappers served in China.