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Auction: 22075 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 87

Pair: Boy G. Saunders, Royal Navy

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Geo. Saunders. Boy. "Salamander"); China 1856-60, 2 clasps, Canton 1857, Fatshan 1857, unnamed as issued, traces of laquer, very fine (2)

H.M.S. Salamander was one of the first steam-powered vessels built for the Royal Navy. A paddle-sloop of just over 1,000 tons, she was launched and completed in 1832 and armed with two 10-inch pivot guns and two 32-pdr guns. She participated in the Second Anglo-Burmese War (Medal and Clasp) before returning home in 1854.

Purchased by the late owner in 1946 for 5/6.

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Sold for
£900