China 1900, no clasp (C. Nelson., A.B., Victoria Nav. Cont.) edge bruising and polished, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce £2,000-£2,400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas.

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Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006.

Able Seaman Charles Nelson was a member of the Williamstown Division of the Victoria Naval Defence Force that sailed for China aboard the SS Salamis (Transport 105) on 30 July 1900.

Sold with a copied nominal roll of the Contingent from ‘Australia’s Naval Expedition to the Boxer Uprising.’