Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 2nd December 2025
Lot 55
A collection of British campaign medal groups, comprising: three: Queen's South Africa with Cape
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £381
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Description
A collection of British campaign medal groups, comprising: three: Queen's South Africa with Cape Colony Clasp (547 BOMBR: T. KINGSWELL. CAPE G.A.); British War Medal and Victory Medal (CPL T. KINGSWELL S.A.N.L.C.); a Great War pair (50872 PTE. G. MC CLELLAND. L'POOL. R.); a Great War pair (LIEUT. R.T.B. SCHREIBER. R.A.F.); a Great War pair (111442 PTE. W. G. LLOYD. TANK CORPS.), together with a Tank Corps cap badge; a Great War pair (223764 SPR. A. C. PRYER. R.E.); a Great War pair (13255. 1. A.M. J. C. PARNELL. R.A.F.); a British War Medal 1914-20 (241347 PTE. T. C. NEWTH. E. SURR. R); a Victory Medal (54020 PTE. W. J. NEWTH. H.L.I.); grades from very fine to good very fine; together with the Memorial Plaque commemorating Able Seaman A. J. Brading, Howe Battalion, R.N.D. (ARTHUR JOHN BRADING), in its card case. [qty]
Lieutenant R.T.B. Schreiber was a prisoner of war of the Germans, reported missing on the 6th of April 1917, and repatriated in December 1918.
Arthur John Brading was killed in action on the 30th of December 1917 and in commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial. On this day Howe Division R.N.D. took part in the Battle of Welsh Ridge against a German counterattack following the Battle of Cambrai.