Orders, Decorations and Medals

China 1857-60, 3 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Gunr. Andw. Nixon, No. 6 B. 12th Bde. R. Art.) officially impressed naming, polished, therefore nearly very fine £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Robert Lamb.

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Andrew Elmo Nixon was born at Newport, Buckinghamshire, in 1837 and enlisted at Northampton in December 1856. He served in China 1857-60 as a Gunner and subsequently became Battery Sergeant Major of the 3rd Battalion, Coast Brigade, in Jersey, where he was discharged from the army in November 1880. He was also awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with a Gratuity of £5. Approximately 30 three clasp medals to this Battery.