Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A scarce Great War M.M. awarded to Sergeant M. Nicholson, South African Rifles, who served with the Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force and was Mentioned in Despatches for his service in the theatre around Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika

Military Medal, G.V.R. (466 Sjt: M. Nicholson. 2/S.A. Rif:) toned, edge nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £400-500

M.M. London Gazette 25 September 1917.

Malcolm Nicholson was born on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in 1882, and attested for the South African Expeditionary Force at Potchefstroom on 7 October 1915. He served during the Great War with the 2nd South African Rifles as part of the Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force, was promoted Sergeant, and was Mentioned in Brigadier-General E. Northey’s Despatch of March 1917 for his work in the area between and around Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika (London Gazette 25 September 1917). He was also awarded the Military Medal, almost certainly for his service with the Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force, before being discharged on medical grounds at Cape Town on 5 January 1918. Recovering, he re-enlisted in the Miscellaneous Trades Corps on 12 July 1918, before taking his final discharge at Potchefstroom on 16 December 1918.