Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Carnarvon Tribute Medal 1901, by William J. Holmes, Birmingham, obverse, the arms of Carnarvon, reverse engraved, ‘Presented by the Burgesses of Carnarvon to Pte. John Williams, 3rd Vol. Batt. Royal Welsh Fusiliers on his return from Active Service in South Africa, May 1901’, 33mm., 9ct. gold, 12.63g., with eyelet for a ring suspension, extremely fine, rare £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Boer War Tribute Medals.

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Not listed in Hibbard.

John Williams was born in Wrexham, Denbighshire and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in January 1900, aged 20 years. He subsequently witnessed active service in the Boer War and was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’, ‘South Africa 1901’ and ‘South Africa 1902’. He was discharged in June 1902; sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.