Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1842, original unadopted design, a superb specimen, the reverse showing the British Lion trampling the suppressed Chinese Dragon, in the exergue, ‘Nanking 1842’, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, original frosted finish, extremely fine and extremely rare £1200-1500

Possibly the finest example of the small number of the known survivals of this rarity. For further details of the history behind this unadopted design see Naval Medals 1793-1856, by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris.