Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A scarce Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Private C. Olsson, Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts, slightly wounded at Boschbult, 31 March 1902, and one of only 3 D.C.M.s awarded to Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts

Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Pte. C. Olsson. Kitchener’s F.S.) light contact marks, very fine £1400-1800

D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902

Charles George Olsson attested for Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts at Green Point, Cape Town, on 31 July 1901, having previously served for six months with the Prince of Wales’ Light Horse, and served with the 2nd Regiment during the Boer War. He was slightly wounded during the fiercely fought action at Boschbult, in the Western Transvaal, on 31 March 1902, on which date the regiment suffered 1 man killed and 7 wounded, and was discharged on 7 July of that year. Mentioned in Despatches on 23 June 1902, he was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, one of only three D.C.M.s awarded to Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts, and the only one awarded to the 2nd Regiment.