Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut. H. C. Wilkie, 3rd N.Z. Contgt. 1900) engraved in upright capitals, erasure before ‘Lieut.’, good very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps.

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Henry Charles Wilkie qualified at the Royal Veterinary College on 5 July 1884. In 1899 he joined the New Zealand Department of Agriculture and went to South Africa during the Boer War with the 3rd New Zealand Contingent. He was a Veterinary Surgeon with the 3rd (Rough Riders) Continent New Zealand Mounted Rifles. With some copied research.