Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R.I. cypher, the reverse engraved ‘Capt. C. Nicholson, Gr. I.R. Ry. V. Rifle Corps’, hallmarks for London 1894, with integral top riband bar, minor corrections to name and unit, good very fine £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals formed by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson, OStJ, DL.

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Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, June 2009.

Charles Nicholson was employed by the Great Indian Peninsular Railways as an Assistant Locomotive Superintendent in the Locomotive and Carriage Department based at Igutpuri. He 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 was granted the honorary rank of Major in January 1894. He was awarded the Volunteer Officers’ Decoration per General Order No. 708 of 5 July 1895, and resigned his commission whilst retaining his rank on 14 February 1896.

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