CHINA 1900, RELIEF OF PEKIN, HMS AURORA

China 1900 with Relief of Pekin claspTo- A.V.SPRY.AB.HMS.AURORAAlbert Victor Spry was born at Mornan in Cornwall 19-6-1878 & enlisted in to the Royal Navy as a boy in 1897. He served with the landing party from HMS Aurora during the relief of Pekin & continued to serve until 1919 when he was discharged to pension.He is also entitled to the 1914-15 trio & RN LS&GCVF or better With contact marks in the obverse field & complete with copy service papersOne of 258 Relief of Pekin clasps to this ship out of a total issue of 545 China 1900 medals to the ship.