China 1900 medal - Able Seaman A.H. Rawle, Royal Navy

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China 1900. A Boxer Rebellion (1900) campaign medal awarded to Able Seaman Albert Henry Rawle, H.M.S. Undaunted, Royal Navy, no clasp, slight contact marks therefore good very fine, with copied service papers

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Gordon, British Battles and Medals (1950), pp 258-260. 220 medals without clasp were issued to this ship, a 5,600 ton Orlando class armoured cruiser.

178338 Able Seaman Albert Henry Rawle, Royal Navy was born in Bedminister, Bristol in 1879, worked as a factory boy before enlisting in the Royal Navy on 16th January 1897, where he served in various ships including H.M.S. Undaunted (under the command of Admiral Sir Edward Seymour) between 1897 and 1900, and retired from service in 1919.