Special Collections

Sold on 13 December 2007

1 part

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

Lot

№ 459

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£470

Five: Petty Officer A. H. Culmer, Royal Navy

China 1900
, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (A.B., H.M.S. Barfleur); 1914-15 Star (193079 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (193079 C.P.O.,.R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (193079 P.O., H.M.S. Pembroke) edge bruising, worn (5) £260-300

H.M.S. Barfleur was a Battleship of 10,500 tons, built in Chatham Dockyard and launched in August 1892. A total of 272 officers and other ranks of the ship were entitled to the China Medal with single clasp ‘Relief of Pekin’.

Able Seaman A. H. Culmer was wounded in the left thigh at Tientsin on 13 July 1900.