China 1842 (A. Cops, 1st Officer, H.E.I.C.S. Hooghly) fitted with contemporary replacement silver swivel-ring bar suspension, good very fine £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kuriheka Collection of British Medals.

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13 medals issued to the European officers on board this H.E.I. Company ship which carried a purely native crew of 59. Douglas-Morris records one other surviving example in Naval Medals 1793-1856.