Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (5066 Tpr. G. A. Evans, N.Z.M.R. 8th N.Z. Cont.), the dated clasp mounted between the state clasps, bent suspension post and slack suspension rivet, edge bruising and polished, good fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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George Alexander Evans, a grocer from Feilding, Manawatu, attested for the 8th Contingent and was embarked in the S.S. Surrey in February 1902. A member of ‘A’ Squadron, he served variously in Cape Colony and the Transvaal. He died in October 1972 and is buried in Hastings Cemetery, Hawke’s Bay; sold with copied research and roll confirmation - he was sent his ‘Cape Colony’ clasp in 1906.