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№ 148

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£170

Pair: Private J. Nicholson, Royal Army Medical Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (11380 Pte. J. Nicholson. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (11380 Pte. J. Nicholson. R.A.M.C.) the QSA a later issue struck on a thinner flan with fixed suspension, good very fine (2) £120-£160

Joseph Nicholson was born in Liverpool in 1868 and attested for the Yorkshire Regiment on 21 January 1885. Transferring to the Royal Army Medical Corps, he served in South Africa during the Boer War, and was discharged on 6 October 1903. He died at Wynberg, South Africa, on 9 July 1946.