A Boer War Presentation Vesta Case.
A silver vesta case, 47mm x 36mm, by Colen, Cheshire, hallmarks for Chester 1899, decoratively engraved on one side ‘South Africa 1900’, the other side engraved ‘S.M.V.R.C. D. Company Presented to Sergt. G. Bidgood. C.I.V. By His Comrades.’ good condition £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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George Bidgood was born in Barnes, Surrey in 1878. A clerk by occupation, he joined the 2nd (South) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers in 1895, serving as a Sergeant in “D” Company before serving in South Africa as a Corporal of “C” Company, Infantry Battalion, City Imperial Volunteers (No. 1212) during the Boer War. He subsequently served with the 1/10th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment during the Great War in the rank of Acting Colour Sergeant. His medal entitlement is the Queen’s South Africa Medal with 4 clasps, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal, and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (per Army Order 103 of 1909) with clasp (per Army Order 188 of 1925).