China 1900, no clasp (4598 Pte. H. Nash 2nd Border Regt.) extremely fine and rare £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Only two medals issued to men of the Border Regiment, attached to the Telegraph Department.

Henry Nash was born in the Parish of Bermondsey, London, and attested for the Border Regiment on 22 November 1894. He passed classes in Telegraphy on 13 March 1898, and served on detachment in China from 2 November 1900 to 24 November 1902. After further service in the East Indies he returned to the U.K. in March 1903, and was discharged on 21 November 1906. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm award of China medal.