Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (30 Sjt. Maj. C. O. Armstrong, Willowmore R.C.) attempted erasure to surname, very fine £80-100

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

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Willowmore was a town in the Cape Colony, 50 km NE of Uniondale was attacked by Boer forces on at least two occasions following the Second Boer invasion of the Cape Colony. The first attack occurred on 19 January 1901; the second on 1 June 1901. Commandant Gideon Scheepers led both of these commando attacks.

Serjeant-Major Armstrong served in the Willowmore Railway Contingent.