Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (7515 Pte. J. Heard. Vol: Coy. R.W. Fus:) unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, good very fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jim Henshaw Collection of Medals to the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

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The Volunteer Company of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, which arrived in South Africa in March 1900, comprised some 114 officers and men. When the Company returned home in October 1900 it had been reduced to 31 officers and men.