Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (894 Tpr: E. Nicholson. S.A.C.) minor edge bruise, very fine £40-£50

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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Evan Nicholson attested for the Scots Guards and served as a Lance-Corporal with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 12 November 1899 to 12 June 1900 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, and Transvaal). He later transferred to the South African Constabulary, and saw further served with “C” Troop, 3rd Battalion.