Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. Including a superb collection of medals to the King’s German Legion, Police Medals from the Collection of John Tamplin and a small collection of medals to the Irish Guards

Eight: Able Seaman W. S. Elsdon, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ord., H.M.S. Naiad); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (A.B., H.M.S. Naiad); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (205093 A.B., H.M.S. Fox); 1914-15 Star (205093 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (205093 A.B., R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (205093 A.B., H.M.S. Victory) this last with officially corrected number, the first two with contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine, the remainder good very fine (8) £300-350

Fevyer’s and Wilson’s R.N. and R.M. Queen’s South Africa Medal roll states that the recipient was entitled to the clasps for ‘Cape Colony’ and ‘South Africa 1901’.