Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (J. H. Margetts, H.M.S. Nankin) contemporary engraved naming, nearly very fine £120-140

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

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John Margetts is confirmed on the roll as Carpenter’s Crew aboard the Nankin for Canton 1857. He was born at Lambeth, London, and purchased his discharge on 18 February 1859.