Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 27th November 2024
Lot 71
A China Medal 1858-60 to Private John Griffin, 1st Dragoon Guards, clasp: Taku Forts 1860 (JOHN
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £378
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Description
A China Medal 1858-60 to Private John Griffin, 1st Dragoon Guards, clasp: Taku Forts 1860 (JOHN GRIFFIN, 1ST DRAGN GDS), very fine or nearly so.
(36mm diameter)
Morton & Eden, lot 224, 02/07/2014
Roll indicates that the recipient was sent to a hospital ship on the second day following the action at the Taku Forts. Scarce as a single clasp medal.