Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Major B. V. Macdona, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. B. V. Macdona. R.F.A.) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Major B. V. Macdona. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major B. V. Macdona.) very fine (4) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Artillery.

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Basil Victor Macdona served in South Africa during the Boer War from 1899 to 1901, and took part in operations in the Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal. He saw further service the Great War on the Western Front from 6 January to April 1915, and then in Egypt from January to February 1916, and was later employed as Chief Instructor, Artillery School.