Orders, Decorations and Medals

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (W. Atteridge, Py. Offr. 1.Cl. H.M.S. Active. 73-74) contact marks, otherwise very fine £450-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Ashantee War 1873-74.

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118 clasps issued to H.M.S. Active.

William Atteridge, Captain of the Quarter Deck, H.M.S. Active, was very severely wounded in the left arm in the action at Becquah, 1 February 1874 (on casualty list as Allridge).