Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Sayers, Suffolk Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5017 Pte., 1st Sufflk Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5017 Pte., Suffolk Regt.) edge bruising, contact marks, fine (2) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War.

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William Sayers enlisted on 8 February 1898 and served throughout the Boer War in the 1st Battalion; afterwards serving with the 2nd Battalion in India. During the Great War he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 August 1914 and at some later date was wounded and taken prisoner. Being released, he was discharged due to his wounds on 18 December 1918. Awarded the 1914 Star trio and Silver War Badge. With copied roll extracts and m.i.c.