Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17th May 2023
Lot 123
A Queen's South Africa Medal to Private J....
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £380
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Description
A Queen's South Africa Medal to Private J. Farrell, 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, first type (b), clear ghost dates, 5 clasps: Talana, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (692 PTE J. FARRELL, K.R.R.C.), impressed in plain capitals, small dent to obverse rim at 6 o'clock, otherwise good very fine or better.
(36.43mm diameter)
The collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.
Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 9th October 1946
Served with the 1st Battalion K.R.R.C. and wounded at Farquhar's Farm (aka the Battle of Lombard's Kop) 30/10/1899. Clasps for Transvaal, Talana and Laing's Nek confirmed on roll dated August 1901. Tugela Heights and Relief of Ladysmith confirmed in a later claim of 23/06/1903 while serving with the 2nd Battalion.