Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lt. Sir A. Armstrong, Bt., 61 Co. 17/Imp. Yeo.) extremely fine £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late John Cooper.

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Captain Sir Andrew Harvey Armstrong was born on 23 May 1866, and succeeded his father as the 3rd Baronet in 1899. Formerly a Captain in the 3rd Battalion, Leinster Regiment, he served as a Lieutenant in the South Irish Horse, Imperial Yeomanry, during the Boer War. In September 1914 he joined the 5th Service Battalion, Connaught Rangers. He died on 3 June 1922.