Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2908 Pte. H. F. J. Nicks. 6/Drgns.) engraved naming, good very fine £200-£240

H. F. J. Nicks served during the Boer War with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and was wounded on 4 January 1900 at Colesberg. The work of his Battalion was several times mentioned in complimentary terms in General French’s despatches, including on 4 January 1900 - in reference to the seizure of an important position - when the General noted: ‘The 6th Dragoons, led by Captain E. A. Herbert, showed no less dash, pursuing the enemy mounted and inflicting some loss.’