Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Gunner J. McCusker, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, the top date clasp a tailor’s copy (3397 Pte. J. Mc.Cusker. 2nd. R.S.F.) renamed; 1914-15 Star (67063. Gnr. J. Mc Cusker, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (67063 Gnr. J. Mc Cusker. R.A.) polished and worn, good fine (4) £50-£70

Joseph McCusker was born in Londonderry on 12 August 1877 and attested for the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusilier on 31 January 1900, serving with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He was discharged, time expired, on 24 May 1907. Following the outbreak of the Great War he re-attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 1 January 1915, and served on the Western Front from 27 September 1915.

Sold with a small photograph of the recipient held in a circular fob; riband bar; and copied service papers.