Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (2327 Bdsmn: J. Brown, 1: Leic: Regt.) edge bruising, polished, nearly very fine £120-160

John Brown served as a Bandsman with the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War; his son, John, was born in Ladysmith on 9 September 1899.