Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Chief Engineer and Inspector of Machinery J. P. Allen, Royal Navy

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (Mr. John P. Allen) contemporary engraved naming but neat erasure after name; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1864 (J. P. Allen, Chief Engr., H.M.S. Harrier); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with small Crimea type suspension, each medal fitted with contemporary matching silver brooch bar, each with an engraved floral pattern, very fine or better (3) £1,200-£1,600

John Prosser Allen was appointed Assistant Engineer 2nd Class in January 1847 and promoted to 1st Class in February 1854; Engineer in August 1855; Chief Engineer on 25 June 1864; and Retired Inspector of Machinery on 14 July 1877.
Allen served in the Black Sea during the Crimean war, and in the Azoff expedition (Crimean and Turkish Medals, Azoff and Sebastopol Clasps). He was Chief Engineer of H.M.S. Harrier and was landed with the Naval Brigade during the New Zealand war of 1863-64 (Medal).