Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Orange Free State (The Hon: & Rev: B. Feilding, D.D.,) officially engraved naming, a few scratches, otherwise good very fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press.

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Basil George Edward Vincent Feilding was born on 13 July 1873, third son of the 8th Earl of Denbigh. He graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (Phil.D.), and a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) from Rome, Italy. He fought in the Boer War as a Chaplain in the Army Chaplain’s Department. The Very Rev. Monsignor Hon. Basil George Edward Vincent Feilding died on 31 July 1906, drowned in the Rhine.

Sold with copied medal roll and some other research.