Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (E. F. Polkinghorne, Bugr. R.M., Nl. Depot Wei-Hai-Wei.) minor official correction to last letter of surname, very fine £500-£700

Approximately 72 medals with clasp awarded to Naval Personnel of the Naval Depot at Wei-Hai-Wei.

E. F. Polkinghorne participated with his unit in the Seymour Expedition, and was wounded in action by a bullet wound to the left arm on 13 July 1900 (The Royal Navy and Royal Marines in China 1900 by Bill Fevyer refers).