Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: J. Nolan. 23rd Foot.) good very fine £200-£240

Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016.

John Nolan was born in Dublin in 1840 and enlisted into the 109th Regiment of Foot on 11 February 1860. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of Foot on 30 June 1863, and then to the 23rd Regiment of Foot on 1 January 1879. He was discharged on 12 February 1881, having served overseas in Abyssinia and at Gibraltar (also entitled to Abyssinia Medal (769 Cpl., 4th Foot) and a Victorian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Sgt., 4th Foot)). He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, with an annuity of £10, on 25 September 1902, and died in 1921.