Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Commander A. F. Marescaux, Royal Navy

South Africa 1834-53 (Midshipman A. F. Marecaux.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Alfd. F. Marescaux. Midn. “Hermes”); Baltic 1854-55 (A. F. Marescaux, Mate. H.M.S. “Termagant.”) contemporary engraved naming; China 1857-60, 3 clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860 (Alfred F. Marescaux, Lieutt. H.M.S. Fury.) contemporary engraved naming, last clasp loose as issued, light contact marks, otherwise generally very fine or better (4) £2,000-£2,400

Alfred Frederick Marescaux was born in Richmond, Surrey, on 14 June 1829, and joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1845; Sub-Lieutenant, 20 April 1855; Lieutenant, 20 April 1857; Commander, 4 November 1868; Retired Commander, 7 September 1876; Retired Captain, 4 November 1883.

Served during the Kaffir war in Castor and Hermes (Kaffir Medal); in Hermes and Fox during the Burmese war; present at captures of Rangoon and Martaban (Burmese Medal, Pegu Clasp); employed in destruction of pirates in the China Sea; present at the taking of Bomarsund as Mate of Termagant (Baltic Medal); engaged in operations in China from 1856; Lieutenant, engaged in the destruction of the Fatshan flotilla of war junks, 1st June, 1857 (China Medal, Fatshan Clasp); served at the capture of Canton, December , 1857 (Canton Clasp); specially mentioned; also served in other operations until the capture of the Peiho forts (Taku Clasp). Captain Marescaux died in Monte Carlo on 10 May 1913.