Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (25927 Tpr: H. Nieuwenhuis. Scot: Horse.) toned, extremely fine £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals to Colonial Units.

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H. Nieuwenhuis served with the Scottish Horse during the Boer War. The regiment saw considerable action in the Eastern Transvaal and suffered heavy casualties at Moedwil on 30 September 1901 and at Brakenlaagte on 30 October 1901. Earlier, in the action fought at Vlakfontein on 3 July 1901, Lieutenant W. J. English of the Scottish Horse was awarded the Victoria Cross.