The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private C. E. Hammond, 5th (West) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Natal Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps, and top lugs removed on last (182 Pte. C. E. Hammond, C.I.V.); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Tpr: C. E. Hammond, Natal Police.) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £200-£240

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

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Charles Edgar Hammond joined the 5th (West Middlesex) Rifle Volunteers on 23 August 1898. A draper by occupation, he served in South Africa with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War, later serving with the Natal Police during the Natal Rebellion of 1906.