Queens South Africa Medal 1901-1902. No clasp (7281 Corpl: A. Porter. Midd’x Regt.)

Medal & no clasp verification: Medal with no clasps confirmed as issued per the regimental campaign medal roll of 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment (ref WO 100/195) compiled & signed 'In The Field' at, Utrecht, South Africa, on, 15 July 1901. The medal roll entry for Corporal A. Porter, shown with 'No Clasps' under the remarks column. The medal here offered being exactly as issued to the recipie...  read more

Code: 22311

Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902. Silver issue with clasp 'Cape Colony' (2249 H. C. Brailey. Oxfd. L.I.)

Medal Verification: The medal and clasp verified as entitled and issued per the respective campaign medal roll of the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry (ref WO 100/191) compiled and signed 'In-the-Field' at On Line Kopjes, Vlakfontein, Orange River Colony, South Africa, on, 30 September 1901

Son Killed-in-Action 1st Day Battle of the Somme: Private Henry Charles Brailey, 1...  read more

Code: 21398

Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902. With 2 x clasps 'Transvaal' & 'South Africa 1902' (3524 Pte J. Hutchieson. A. & S. Hdrs.)

Medal Verification: The recipients medal and 2 x clasps verified per the respective campaign medal roll of the 1st Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Ref WO 100/206), that was compiled and signed at Longmoor, Hampshire, England, on, 27 March 1903.The recipient had prior earned an India General Service Medal with clasp 'Punjab Frontier 1897-98' (ref WO 100/89) while serving with the 2nd ...  read more

Code: 21397

Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902. Silver issue with 5 x clasps 'Transvaal', 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'South Africa 1901', 'South Africa 1902' (7436 Corpl: S. Martin. Vol: Coy Bord: Regt)

Medal Verification: Medal & all 5 x clasps confirmed as the recipients entitlement per the respective campaign medal roll of the 2nd Volunteer Service Company of the Border Regiment (ref WO 100/186) that was compiled and signed 'In-the Field' at, Transvaal, South Africa, on 20 August 1901 & at Plymouth, England, on, 14 September 1903, respectively

Important: An impressive attribu...  read more

Code: 21518

South African War 1899 1902: South African War Veterans Association badge

A gilt & enamel lapel badge

Obverse: In centre the symbols of the Boer Republics, viz an 'Orange Tree' and below a Boer 'Trekkers' Wagon. The enamel in Blue, Orange & Red enamels ( colours of the Boer Republics) with gilt legends

Reverse: Uniface except for fob lapel fitting & impressed with makers marks for 'Fenwick Birm', for Fenwick of Birmingham, England
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Code: 22856

1914-15 Star (12415 Cpl. C. P. Lowe. Linc: R.)

Killed-in-Action: Lance-Sergeant Claude Philip Lowe, 7th (Service) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, is confirmed having been 'Killed-in-Action', on, 30 December 1915, in France, while serving with the British Expeditionary Force

Claude was 'Killed-in-Action' while serving with his battalion on the Ypres Salient in Flanders, Belgium

The memory and supreme self-sacri...  read more

Code: 22853

1914-15 Star (No 2646 Sepoy Sundar Singh, 1/33/ Punjabis.)

The recipient was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith, who held the rank of Sepoy (Private) while serving with the 1st Battalion 33 Punjabis, an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army

On the outbreak of the Great War, the composition of, 33 Punjabis (a second battalion was only raised in 1917) - a mixed class regiment - comprised of 8 x companies; 4 x Punjabi Mussalmans, 2...  read more

Code: 22226

1914-15 Star (No. 1179 Sepoy Hamid Gul. 1/67/Punjabis.)

Died as Prisoner-of-War while a Prisoner of War of the Ottoman Turkish Army: Sepoy Hamid Gul 1st Battalion 67th Punjab Regiment of the British Indian Army was amongst the remnants of the half battalion 1/67th Punjabis captured at Kut-al-Amara on 29 April 1916, and subsequently died in Ottoman captivity on 24 July 1916

The life and supreme sacrifice of Sepoy Hamid Gul, is commemor...  read more

Code: 23028

Mercantile Marine War Medal (C. Melville. Australia 2068.)

Note: Uniquely amongst the Merchant Fleets of the British Empire, Australian merchant seafarers who qualified for the Mercantile Marine War Medal had the name of their respective issuing country indented on the rim of the medal

Some traces of lacquer

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 21268

Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William B. Fox)

Important: Only 2 x men with the name William B Fox are shown on the extant Medal Index Cards for the Mercantile Marine War Medal held at The National Archives, vis:

1). William Brown Fox: Born 1849, Great Yarmouth, England. A 'Master Mariner' and latterly Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve

2). William Barwick Fox: Born 1899, Liverpool, England

Medal Ve...  read more

Code: 23408