Miniature Medals

Pair: Major John Curteis, Army Pay Department, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Capt., A.P.D.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt., A.P.D.) good very fine (2) £140-160

John Curteis was born on 21 April 1864 and joined the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in May 1886. He became Captain in June 1894 and was employed with the Army Pay Department from February 1895. He served in South Africa in the Relief of Ladysmith, and in operations in the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal, and retired in the rank of Major and Staff Paymaster.