South Africa 1834-53 (M. Wade. Private. R.M.) brooch fittings removed from obverse, with copy suspension, otherwise good fine and scarce £300-£400

Martin Wade is confirmed as a Private Royal Marines aboard H.M.S. Castor during the Third Kaffir War and was one of the 88 men from this ship to actually be landed with the Naval Force in Kaffraria in 1851.