Orders, Decorations and Medals

South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1879 (2100 Pte. J. Sawyers, 3/60th Foot) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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Joseph Sawer was born in Dorking, Surrey, and enlisted into the 60th Rifles in November 1877. He served in Natal from February 1879 to May 1881, during which time he took part in the Zulu War and the First Boer War, being wounded in the foot at the battle of Ingogo River on 8 February 1881.