Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part I)

China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. B. H. Jones, R.I.M.S. Canning) good very fine and rare £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas.

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Collection

Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006.

Only 12 European recipients of medals to this ship.

Benjamin Henry Jones joined the Royal Indian Marine in December 1891; Lieutenant, 27 November 1896; Commander, 13 October 1907; Captain, 1 January 1918; Retired 1920. Captain Jones was awarded the C.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.