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16 April 2020

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Lot

№ 223

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£800

China 1842 (E. Nicholson, Midshipman, H.M.S. Sulphur.) original suspension, one or two minor edge bruises and light contact wear, otherwise very fine £600-£800

Edward Nicholson, who was from the Isle of Wight, joined H.M.S. Sulphur as a College Volunteer in February 1836, aged 14 years. He was appointed Midshipman on 30 June 1838 and subsequently served in Sulphur off China during the First Opium War but appears to have left the Service shortly afterwards.