Second China War Medal 1856-1863 - HMS ACORN

Clasp “ CANTON 1857”. Officially impressed “HENRY THORN , ORD, HMS ACORN”.


HMS Acorn was sent to the China Station in May 1856, and arrived in time to take part in the destruction of the junks in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857 and in the Battle of Canton in December 1857 during the Second Opium War.

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