Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6960 Pte. A. Cain, Rifle Brigade), slack suspension claw and contat marks, nearly very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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Arthur Cain was born at Mill Hill, London and enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in October 1899, aged 18 years. Posted to the 4th Battalion in Dublin, he was embarked for South Africa in December 1901, where he won entitlement to the above described Medal & clasps. Cain, who was advanced to Corporal in May 1905, was placed on the Army Reserve in the following year and was finally discharged in October 1911.