Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Boer war pair awarded to Corporal J. Sheehan, Imperial Yeomanry, formerly an Orderly with the Irish Hospital

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (Orderly, Irish Hospital); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (33206 Cpl., Imp. Yeo.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of the late Mike Leahy.

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Sheehan returned to South Africa to serve with the 74th (Dublin) Company, Imperial Yeomanry. He was also a Constable in the R.I.C.