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Sold on 24 October 2014

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The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood

Frederick W Rockwood

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№ 413

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24 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£1,400

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse, ‘Richd. McCormick, Captain of the Mast, H.M.S. Melville, 23 Years’, with claw, ring and straight bar suspension, die cracks to reverse, with silver buckle on ribbon, very fine £800-1000

Medal approved/despatched 16 August 1841. Served as Captain of the Mast aboard H.M.S. Melville during the Opium War 1842. With copied roll extracts.