Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R.I. cypher, reverse engraved, ‘Capt. C. Nicholson, Gr. I.R. Ry. V. Rifle Corps’, hallmarks for London 1894, with top brooch bar, correction to name and unit, good very fine £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Charles Nicholson was employed by the Great Indian Peninsular Railways as an Assistant Locomotive Superintendent in the Locomotive and Carriage Department based at Igutpuri. Nicholson was granted a commission as a Lieutenant in the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps on 11 March 1876, was advanced to Captain in April 1879 and granted the honorary rank of Major in January 1894. Captain (Honorary Major) Nicholson was awarded the Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, this published in the General Order No. 708 of 5 July 1895. He resigned his commission whilst retaining his rank on 14 February 1896. With copied research.