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China 1842 (Matthew Thornhill, H.M.S. Alligator.) fitted with original straight bar...
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China 1842 (Matthew Thornhill, H.M.S. Alligator.) fitted with original straight bar suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £500-£700 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. Approximately 139 China Medals awarded to H.M.S. Alligator. Matthew Thornhill was born in London and entered H.M.S. Alligator as a Gun Room Cook on 26 August 1839; his trade is described as the ‘sea’, so presumably he had previously served on other ships before joining Alligator. He served in her during the First China War, and was discharged to H.M.S. Wellesley on 13 February 1842. Sold with copied medal roll extract and other research.
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China 1842 (Matthew Thornhill, H.M.S. Alligator.) fitted with original straight bar suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £500-£700 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. Approximately 139 China Medals awarded to H.M.S. Alligator. Matthew Thornhill was born in London and entered H.M.S. Alligator as a Gun Room Cook on 26 August 1839; his trade is described as the ‘sea’, so presumably he had previously served on other ships before joining Alligator. He served in her during the First China War, and was discharged to H.M.S. Wellesley on 13 February 1842. Sold with copied medal roll extract and other research.
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