Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The South Africa 1877-79 Medal awarded to Private Henry Owens, 1/13th Foot, who was severely wounded at the battle of Ulundi in July 1879

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (102 Pte. H. Owens. 1/13th Foot.) traces of brooch mounts to obverse and some rubbing to edge, otherwise nearly very fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robin Scott-Smith Collection of Medals to Casualties.

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Provenance: Purchased from Norman Holme, December 1879.

Henry Owens enlisted into the 1/13th Foot at Taunton, Somerset, on 8 June 1874, aged 18. He participated in the Sekukuni campaign of 1878 and in the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, and was severely wounded at the battle of Ulundi on 4 July 1879. He was recovering in hospital at the General Depot at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, from July to September 1879, and was transferred to 1st Class Army Reserve on 11 June 1880. He appears to have been discharged from the Army Reserve on 7 July 1886.

Sold with some research.