Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (4) (Lt. V. H. Artz.; Pte. C. Crous. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. W. Morrison 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. A. R. Williams. RHOD. 1st. S.A.I. Bgde.) glue residue to the reverse of all, generally very fine (4) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Victor Herbert Artz was born in East London in 1894 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 26 August 1915. Posted to Egypt and France, he was appointed Temporary Second Lieutenant in the field 3 November 1916 and was later accepted for duty with the Royal Flying Corps as Observer on 17 February 1918. Raised Temporary Lieutenant in the London Gazette of 5 June 1918, he returned home to Johannesburg in March 1919.

Christoffal Crous, a farmer, attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Cape Town on 19 August 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he suffered a fractured radius in June 1916 after being kicked by a horse. Evacuated to Tooting Military Hospital and the South African Military Hospital at Richmond Park, he survived the war and was discharged at Maitland in May 1919.

William Morrison was born in Liverpool and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 13 December 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he was wounded in action on 20 September 1917 and was later reported as missing in action on 24 March 1918 during the German Spring Offensive. Confirmed as a Prisoner of War, he was repatriated on 4 December 1918 and discharged at Maitland in May 1919.

Alan Rodney Williams was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, around 1897, and attested for the 2nd Rhodesia Regiment at Potchefstroom on 9 February 1918. Attached to the 1st South African Infantry, he served in France from 14 August 1918 and was wounded in action on 18 October 1918, suffering a gunshot wound to the thigh. He was subsequently discharged medically unfit at Wynberg on 26 July 1920.

Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.