Pair: Private A. Isaac, 5th Dragoon Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets between clasps (4536 Pte. A. Isaac. 5th. Dragoon Guards.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4536 Pte. A. Isaac. 5th Dragoon Guards.) suspension claws re-affixed on both, heavily polished and worn, therefore fair, the QSA marginally better (2) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sid Thurgar Collection of Boer War Medals.

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Arthur Isaac was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in 1878 and attested for the 1st Dragoon Guards on 4 December 1896. He transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards on 8 December 1898, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899 to 15 April 1902. He saw further service during the Great War with the Military Police.