Auction Catalogue

20 September 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1202

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20 September 2002

Hammer Price:
£210

Four: Private J. Osborne, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (10036 Dvr., 88th Bty. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (14913 Pte., R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (14913 Pte., R.W. Fus.), first with some edge bruising and repaired suspension, very fine and better (4) £90-120

Private J. Osborne was born in Eakring and enlisted at Holywell, Nottinghamshire. Serving with the 10th battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he was killed in action, France / Flanders, 27.4.1917. His name is listed on the Arras Memorial.