The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (5779 Pte. W. Butt. 2/Middx. Regt.) edge bruise, very fine £300-£400

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

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Provenance: J. B. Hayward, March 1973.

W. Butt attested for the Middlesex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion as part of No. 3 Company, Mounted Infantry in Somaliland during the Somaliland campaign and the action at Jidballi, where he was one of only 24 other ranks from the Battalion to receive the Africa General Service Medal with these two clasps.