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

Four: Leading Seaman R. J. Mace, Royal Navy

China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts (A.B., H.M.S. Fame); 1914-15 Star (187477 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (187477 L.S., R.N.), B.W.M. officially re-impressed, first with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine; others good very fine (4) £450-500

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. Fame was a Destroyer of 340 tons, built by Thorneycroft at Chiswick and launched in April 1896. A total of 58 officers and other ranks of the ship were entitled to the China Medal with single clasp ‘Taku Forts’. Sold with a photograph of the recipient.

On 17 June 1900, at the Taku Forts, four destroyers of the Chinese Navy were boarded and captured by Lieutenant & Commander R. J. B. Keyes of the Fame and Lieutenant & Commander C. MacKenzie of the Whiting, which was done by towing a boat astern with boarders under the command of Lieutenants J. A. Moreton and W. Tomkinson of the Whiting and Fame respectively, who boarded and captured two destroyers each.