Three: Chief Gunner’s Mate C. Tolfree, Royal Navy

China 1842 (Petty Offr., H.M.S. Herald), surname spelt ‘Tollfree’; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal, V.R., wide suspension (Chf. Guns. Mate, H.M.S. Calcutta, 21 Yrs.), one or two edge bruises, generally good very fine or better (3) £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Jack Deacon.

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Ex Douglas-Morris Collection.

Charles Tolfree served as a Captain of the Mizen Top in H.M.S. Herald during the First China War, when he was present at the attack on Chin Keang Foo at the entrance of the South Grand Canal in the Yang-Tse-Keang. Afterwards employed as a Gunner’s Mate in the Calcutta during the Baltic operations of 1854-55, Tolfree received his L.S. & G.C. Medal in January 1856.