A Collection of Medals for the Ashantee War 1873-74

Pair: Commander H. M. W. P. Johnson, Royal Navy

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Navg. Sub. Lt. H. M. W. P. Johnson, R.N. H.M.S. Victor Eml. 73-74); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Lieut. H. M. W. P. Johnson, R.N. H.M.S. Arab); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, very fine or better (3) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Ashantee War 1873-74.

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Henry Maurice Wilton Pitt Johnson was born on 10 April 1853, and joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on 9 April 1867. He was Navigating Sub-Lieutenant of H.M.S. Victor Emanuel during the Ashantee war of 1873-74 (Medal), and Lieutenant of H.M.S. Arab during the naval and military operations near Suakin, in the eastern Sudan in 1884 (Medal; Khedive’s Bronze Star). He retired as a Commander on 31 October 1897, and died on 4 January 1908.