Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Sergeant G. Adamson, Cheshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5939 Pte. G. Adamson. 2/Ches: R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5939 Pte. G. Adamson. 2/Ches: R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (5939 Pte. G. Adamson. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (5939 Sjt. G. Adamson. Ches. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5939 Sjt: G. Adamson. Ches. R.) edge bruises, contact marks, Great War trio slightly polished, otherwise very fine (6) £260-£300

George Adamson was born in 1879 and attested into the Cheshire Regiment in 1898, serving with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He saw further service with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 September 1914.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extracts which confirm that duplicate Boer War medals were issued in 1925.