Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1900, no clasp (C. Nelson, A.B. Victoria Nav. Cont.) edge bruising and polished, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce £600-800

Ex Douglas-Morris Collection Part II, February 1997.

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