China 1842 (Owen Roberts, H.M.S. Samarang.) original suspension, minor edge bruising, very fine £400-500

Owen Roberts was born in Pwllhely, Caernarvon in 1815, and joined H.M.S. Samarang as a Volunteer at Buenos Ayres on 21 June 1837. He served as an Able Seaman during the First China War, and was discharged on 25 August 1841.