Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1842 (C. R. Nutt, Surgeon, H.M.S. Harlequin) edge bruising and polished, otherwise nearly very fine £400-450

Charles Kevern Nutt (note incorrect second initial on medal) entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Surgeon on 8 March 1827 and became Surgeon on 28 May 1840. He was appointed as Surgeon to the Harlequin on 21 August 1841, and in that ship took part in the first China War including the storming and capture of the city of Chin Keang Foo on 21 July 1842. He was placed on the retired list with the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets on 3 September 1864. He was still alive in July 1889.