Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (324 Pte. G. E. Smith. Vol: Coy. Hants: Regt.) very fine £100-£140

George Edwin Smith was born at Portsea, Portsmouth, and enlisted into the Hampshire Regiment at Portsmouth on 11 February 1902. He served in South Africa with the 3rd Volunteer Active Service Company of the Hampshire Regiment from 8 March to 31 July, 1902, a total of 146 days. He was discharged on 30 August 1902, with a total service of 201 days. Sold with copied medal roll entries and discharge papers.