Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant J. E. Bolton, 5th Lancers

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4642 Lce. Corpl. J. E. Bolton. 5th Ryl. Irish Lcrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Cape Colony (4642. Corpl. J. E. Bolton. 5/Lcrs.) unofficial rivets between top two clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4642 Serjt: J. E. Bolton. 5th Lancers.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4642 Sq. Q.M. Sjt: J. E. Bolton. 5/Lrs.) together with two regimental cap badges, the first with slack suspension, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £400-£500

4 officers and 10 men of the 5th Lancers entitled to the clasp for Tirah 1897-98, all attached to the Commissariat Transport Department.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts confirming all medals and clasps and a copied 28pp typed account kept by Sergeant G. Burridge, also of the 5th Lancers, of his experiences in the Boer War.