Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Anglo-Boer War Medal awarded to Burger J. J. Craig, a member of the Vryheid Commando who was present in the attack on Fort Itala on 26 September 1901

Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Burg. J. J. Craig), good very fine £150-200

Jacobus Johannes Craig served in the Vryheid Commando under General Cheere Emmett and, the action at Fort Itala aside, was also present at the battle of Talana on 20 October 1899 and the action at Wagon Hill on 6 January 1900. He applied for his Medal in the early 1920s and died in 1958 (Estate Ref. 2433/1958); sold with copied Vorm “B” entry.