Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (C.V.S. B. Runciman, A.V.D.) minor contact marks, good very fine £240-280

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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Benjamin Runciman qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. (New Edinburgh) on 28 May 1900 - his father and two brothers were also Veterinary Surgeons. Runciman went to South Africa as a Civilian Veterinary Surgeon attached to the Army Veterinary Department during the Boer War and served during October 1900 to January 1902. He served as a Veterinary Officer in the South African Constabulary from January 1902 to July 1906. After his discharge he set up an equine practice in Turfontein, Johannesburg and also practiced at Epsom, England. During the Great War he served as a Captain in the S.A.V.C. from August 1914 and was promoted to Major in November 1915. He was latterly Assistant Director Veterinary Services - Eastern Force. Runciman died in Tanganyika on 27 November 1958.

With copied photograph, roll extract and service paper. Entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals.