Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare defence of Wepener pair awarded to Sapper J. J. Murphy, Royal Engineers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Wittebergen, Belfast (24587 Sapr., R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (24587 Sapr., R.E.) good very fine (2) £400-500

Sapper Murphy served in South Africa with the 12th Field Company and is confirmed as one of only eleven Royal Engineers engaged in the defence of Wepener between the 9th and 25th April 1900. The town was defended mainly by Colonial regiments with fewer than 100 imperial troops present, these mainly from the Royal Scots.