Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Adams, 103rd (Warwickshire) Company Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (26338 Pte., 103rd Coy. Imp. Yeo.); Birmingham Tribute Medal 1899-1902, white metal, unnamed, complete with ‘1899-1902’ brooch bar and original ribbon, good very fine, scarce (2) £250-300

Ref: Hibbard A4.

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Boer War Tribute Medals formed by the late George Williams.

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Walter Adams was born in Yardley, Birmingham. He attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Warwick on 18 February 1901, aged 20 years, 4 months. With the 103rd Company Imperial Yeomanry he served in South Africa, 14 March 1901-12 March 1902. Adams was discharged as ‘medically unfit’ at Shorncliff on 8 May 1902. With copied service papers.