Lot 824
AN ASHANTEE AND LONG SERVICE PAIR TO H.M.S. ENCOUNTER. An Ashantee Medal 1873-74, no clasp, named to P. Norwood, Car:Crew HMS Encounter 73-74 and Victorian Long Service and Good Conduct medal named to P. Norwood, Div Carp H.M. Coastguard. HMS Encounter. Some 229 medals of this type are recorded for HMS Encounter, a 14 gun screw Corvette commanded by Captain Richard Bradshaw.
