Medals
Foreign Medals - THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING 1848, by by Th. Halliday., GREAT BRITAIN The junk. Rev. THE FIRST JUNK / THAT EVER ROUNDED / THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, OR / APPEARED IN BRITISH WATERS / HER DIMENSIONS ARE / LENGTH, 160FT, DEPTH OF HOLD, 12FT, / BURDEN, 800 TONS, CHINESE MEASUREMENT / RUDDER, 7 1/2 TONS, MAINSAIL, 9 TONS, / MAINMAST, 85FT LONG FROM DECK / THE SHIP IS BUILT OF TEAK WOOD / SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG 6TH / DECEMBER 1846, ARRIVED IN / ENGLAND 27TH MARCH 1848 / 477 DAYS FROM CANTON / 'CAPTAIN KELLETT ' / COMMANDER.BHM 2315White metal 45.2 mm. Minor corossion and residue, scratch on edge. Prooflike fields Nearly mint