Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (5203 Dmr. J. Stoddart, K.O. Scot. Bord.) slight contact marks, about very fine £60-80

Henry Stoddart (note initial ‘J’ on medal) was born in Selkirk. A Mill Worker by occupation, he attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Berwick on 16 January 1895, aged 18 years, 6 months. He served in South Africa from January 1900 until January 1903 when he was transferred to the Army Reserve. Sold with copied service papers.