Medals for the Boxer Rebellion 1900 to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines

Five: Able Seaman F. C. Barnett, Royal Navy

China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts (A.B., H.M.S. Barfleur); 1914-15 Star (192299 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (192299 A.B., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (192299 Ch. B. 1523 A.B., R.F.R.) first with some contact marks, very fine and better (5) £480-520

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for the Boxer Rebellion 1900 to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

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H.M.S. Barfleur was a battleship of 10,500 tons, built in Chatham Dockyard and launched in August 1892. A total of 22 officers and other ranks of the ship were entitled to the China Medal with single clasp ‘Taku Forts’.