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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 75

Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Yangtze 1949, Malaya (0.886 Cheung Kow. Std. R.N.), unofficial rivets, minor edge bruise, good very fine, housed in a wooden box

Cheung Kow served as a Steward in the C-class destroyer H.M.S. Consort during the 'Yangtze incident'. In an attempt to tow the stricken Amethyst, Consort was fired upon by Chinese forces on 20 April 1949, taking 56 direct hits which resulted in 10 dead and 23 wounded.

Formerly in the collection of Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. L. Pepys, Essex Regiment (see Lot 164); sold together with an original letter from the Chinese Drafting Office, H.M.S. Tamar, dated 20 January 1956, confirming service and Pepys's ownership 'as a collector'.


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Sold for
£1,200