The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (61 Pte. H. Commander, C.I.V.) pin marks to edge, good very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Henry Samuel John Commander was born in Islington, London in 1878, the son of copper plate engraver, Henry Commander and his wife Grace Elizabeth. A locksmith by occupation, he joined the 3rd City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1897 and served in South Africa with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. A letter written by Commander, in which he refers to Captain C. W. Berkeley’s wound, was printed in the City Press on 15 August 1900. He served in the Army Service Corps in the rank of Corporal during the Great War (entitled to British War and Victory medals), and died in Islington, Middlesex in 1968.