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Auction: 18002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 205

(x) South Africa 1834-53 (John Riddett. Actg. Boatswain 2nd. Class.), polished, nearly very fine

John Riddett served aboard H.M.S Castor and H.M.S Hermes. The latter was actively engaged from the onset of the Third War and had conveyed Sir Harry Smith to the frontier in his attempt to avert the uprising of December 1850.

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