The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (355 Pte. R. Ritchie, C.I.V.) edge nicks, 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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Robert Ritchie, a milkman by occupation, joined the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in 1897 and served in South Africa with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He was invalided home on 1 May 1900.

Sold together with the recipient’s Freedom of the City of London parchment certificate.