Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Smith, Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (3659 Pte. A. Smith, 1/Oxfd. L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3659 Pte. A. Smith. Oxford: L.I.) minor contact marks, very fine (2) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Arthur Smith attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in Oxford on 19 July 1891 and served at home until March 1892, when he went to India, and then Burma (entitled to the India General Service Medal 1895-1902 with clasps for Punjab Frontier and Tirah). He subsequently served in South Africa during the Boer War between December 1899 and October 1902, and was discharged on 7 November 1912.

Sold with copied record of service.