Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Talana, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4170 Pte. J. Mannian, R. Irish Fus.) nearly extremely fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Irish Fusiliers.

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Private J. Mannion, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, died of disease at St. Andrew’s Hospital, Bloemfontein, 9 January 1901. He was buried the next day in President Brand Cemetery. Copied roll extracts confirm entitlement to the clasp ‘South Africa 1901’. With modern photograph of the memorial bearing his name.