Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private E. C. Jenkins, Kimberley Town Guard

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Pte. E. Jenkins. Kimberley Town Gd.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, reverse contemporarily engraved ‘E. C. Jenkins. Kimberley Town Guard’, with integral top riband bar, this engraved ‘Kimberley Siege’; 1914-15 Star (Pte. E. C. Jenkins S.A.V.R.); British War 1914-20 (L/Cpl E. C. Jenkins. S.A.V.R.); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Pte. E. C. Jenkins. S.A.V.R.) good very fine (5) £600-£800

Edward Charles Jenkins served with the Section IV, ‘B’ Company, Redoubt No. 4 during the Defence of Kimberley, He saw further service during the Great War with the South African Veteran Regiment, and was appointed Lance-Corporal on 17 January 1916.

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