Pair: Private W. Langley, Shopshire Light Infantry

Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Private W. Langley, S.L.I.), with silver brooch bar inscribed, ‘Ti Pin Shang Plague 1894’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2988 Pte. W. Langley, 2 Shrops. Lt. Infy.) some edge bruising, good very fine (2) £1300-1600

‘Ti Pin Shang’ is a corruption of ‘Taipingshan’, a district situated in the western half of the City of Victoria on Hong Kong Island. Much of the district was known for its primitive, crowded and unsanitary living conditions - which proved to be the ideal breeding ground for the plague.