Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (919 Pte. R. Matthews, Devon: Regt.) good very fine £120-£160

R. Matthews attested into the Devonshire Regiment and served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts confirming clasp entitlement, stating that the recipient was invalided from the service on 3 April 1901. He is additionally entitled to an Indian General Service Medal with the clasp ‘Burma 1889-92’.