Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private J. R. Nicholson, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Royal Flying Corps

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (684 Pte. J. R. Nicholson. 1st. Bn. Northd. Fus.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (684 Pte. J. R. Nicholson. 1/North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (684 Pte. J. R. Nicholson. North’d Fus) light scratch marks to reverse of Star, otherwise good very fine (4) £240-£280

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: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2001.

John R. Nicholson attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps.