Abyssinia Medal 1867-8, awarded to Stoker Edward Nicholls, Royal Navy, who was serving aboard H.M.S. Argus which was on duty in the Red Sea during the war.
Abyssinia Medal 1867-8; (E. NICHOLLS, STOKER H.M.S. ARGUS)
Condition: Good Very Fine.
John Nicholls was born in Portsmouth on 21st December 1842 and joined the Navy on 27th February 1867. He was pensioned on 25 April 1887, this appears to be his sole entitlement.
King Theodore of Abyssinia took to imprisoning missionaries, British subjects and even workmen he had sent for from England as the arrived. From 1867 a series of ultimatums and declarations of war were ignored until Lord Robert Napier invaded and defeated the fortress at Magdala. The King committed suicide and the prisoners were released. Two Victoria Crosses were won in the capture of Magdala.
H.M.S. Argus was on duty in the Red Sea during the war