Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (H. Penfold, A.B. Shannon.) officially re-impressed naming, contact marks and minor edge bruising, early very fine £400-£500

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, February 1998.

Approximately 284 Lucknow clasps awarded to H.M.S. Shannon.

Henry Penfold was born in Brighton, Sussex, on 21 October 1835, and volunteered for continuous service in the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class on 2 August 1853. Advanced Able Seaman on 1 June 1856, he joined H.M.S. Shannon on 14 August 1856, and served in her Naval Brigade during the Great Sepoy Mutiny. He subsequently transferred to the Coast Guard on 22 October 1863.

Note: According to the medal rolls Penfold’s original medal was lost in transit. He was therefore issued with the medal of James Brewer, who had deserted, Brewer’s medal being officially re-impressed with Penfold’s details.