China 1900, 1 clasp, Defence of Legations (Pvte. C. Baker, R.M.L.I.) good very fine £5,000-£7,000

Provenance: Bought J. B. Hayward, March 1972.

78 clasps awarded to the Royal Marine Guard for the Defence of the Legations during the siege of Pekin, 20 June to 14 August, 1900. Sold with copied medal roll extract and photocopy of the Royal Marines Legation Guard group photograph taken at Pekin in 1900 and published in The Globe and Laurel with identification.