Miniature Medals

Pair: Corporal W. B. Laing, Royal Highlanders

China 1900, no clasp (5990 L.Cpl., Rl. Hdrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (5990 Cpl., 1/Rl. Hdrs.) both medals named in a slightly later impressed style, contact marks, otherwise very fine and rare (2) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the 42nd and 73rd Regiments (Black Watch).

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Corporal W. B. Laing was attached to the Indian Medical Service for the operations in China 1900. A total of only four China medals were gained by the Black Watch, two without clasp and two with Relief of Pekin.