An Interesting Group of Three to J. W. Wakeham Royal Navy and Chilean Navy, Baltic, unnamed as issued, with silver riband buckle, extremely fine; CHILE, Bolivia and Peru Campaign Star 1879-80; Lima Campaign Star 1881, both silver and enamel, each with three riband bars, some blue enamel damage to both stars, in shaped mahogany glazed frame (3)

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An Interesting Group of Three to J. W. Wakeham Royal Navy and Chilean Navy, Baltic, unnamed as issued, with silver riband buckle, extremely fine; CHILE, Bolivia and Peru Campaign Star 1879-80; Lima Campaign Star 1881, both silver and enamel, each with three riband bars, some blue enamel damage to both stars, in shaped mahogany glazed frame (3)

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INDENTMr. J. W. Wakeham served in H.M.S. Hogue in the Baltic 1854-55; he joined the Chilean Navy as Chief Gunnery Officer, 1875, and served in the Admirante Cochrane during the war of 1878-81 against Peru and Bolivia; present at the capture of the Peruvian Monitor Hauscar; severely wounded during the bombardment of Arica; commissioned to superintend the construction and gunnery installation of the Chilean cruisers Esmerelda and Artura Pratte

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