Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. To coincide with the OMRS Convention

Five: Staff Sergeant Major H. George, Yeoman of the Guard, late Army Pay Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, South Africa 1901 (53 S.S. Maj., A.P.C.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911, silver; Army L.S.& G.C., V.R. (53 St. Q.M. Sgt., A.P.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (I Cl. S. Sjt. Maj., A.P.D.), mounted for display, minor contact marks, very fine (5) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late A. A. Mount.

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Hans George was born in Shankhill, Belfast and enlisted into the Munster Fusiliers in 1876, aged 18 years. He transferred to the Army Pay Corps in 1883. Appointed Staff Sergeant Major in 1894, he served with the Corps in South Africa between 20 October 1899 and 10 April 1901. George received the M.S.M. with an annuity of £5 on 8 May 1901. He joined the Yeoman of the Guard in 1908, for which he received the Coronation Medal in 1911. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and other research.