Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: J. Nolan. 23rd Foot.) good very fine £200-260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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M.S.M. 25 September 1902, with annuity £10.

John Nolan was born in Dublin in 1840 and enlisted into the 109th Regiment on 11 February 1860. He transferred to the 1st Battalion 4th Foot on 30 June 1863, and to the 23rd Foot on 1 January 1879. He was discharged on 12 February 1881, having served overseas in Abyssinia and at Gibraltar. Also entitled to Abyssinia medal (769 Cpl., 4th Foot) and L.S. & G.C. medal, V.R. (Sgt., 4th Foot). He died in 1921.