Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part I)

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.’