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21 July 2021

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№ 185

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21 July 2021

Hammer Price:
£1,600

The remarkable Boer War and triple long service medal group of five awarded to Sergeant J. F. Rowley, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment, Auxiliary Force India, late Cheshire Reserve Brigade, Royal Engineers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal clasp carriage re-assembled, with unofficial top retaining bar (2214 Sapr. J. Rowley. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2214 Sapr. J. Rowley. R.E.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Corpl. J. F. Rowley 2nd Bn. B.B. & C.I. Ry. Vol. Rifles) officially engraved naming; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (2214 Sapr. J. Rowley. Cheshire (R.B.) R.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., India (Sjt. J. F. Rowley. 2 B.B. & C.I. Ry. R., A.F.I.) generally very fine (5) £300-£400

J. F. Rowley served with the 8th (Railway Company) Royal Engineers in South Africa during the Boer War. He was awarded his Volunteer Force Long Service Medal per Indian Army Order No. 54 of 1917, and his Efficiency Medal per Indian Army Order No. 531 of 1934.