Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1262 Pte. R. Nicholson. 63rd Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine £70-£90

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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Richard Nicholson was born in the Parish of Wingate, Durham, and enlisted into the 63rd Regiment on 21 July 1868, aged 19 years 8 months, a coal miner by trade. He was discharged at Tipperary after 18 years service having been awarded medals for service in Afghanistan 1879-80 and Egypt 1882. Sold with copied discharge papers.