Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4367 Pte. G. Rae, 1st Cam’n. Highrs.) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine £50-70

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

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George Rae was born in Glasgow and enlisted into the Cameron Highlanders at Edinburgh on 8 March 1898, aged 20 years. With the 1st Battalion he served in Gibraltar, October 1899-September 1900 and South Africa, September 1900-October 1902. Transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1906, he was finally discharged on 3 March 1914. With copied service papers.