Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Pekin 1860 (Apothecary D. Gillespie, 99th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £300-£400

In September 1860 the 99th Regiment marched to Pekin to take part in the action at Chang-Chia-Wan, the following month it participated in the sacking of Peking. A small Chinese lapdog (now called the Pekinese) was named ‘Lootie’ and given to Queen Victoria by Captain J. H. Dunne- it was the first dog of its kind seen in Europe.