Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Sergeant G. Adamson, Cheshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5939 Pte. G. Adamson, 2/Ches: R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5939 Pte. G. Adamson, 2/Ches: R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (5939 Pte. G. Adamson. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (5939 Sjt. G. Adamson. Ches. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5939 Sjt. G. Adamson. Ches. R.) mounted as worn, the Boer War pair later issues, very fine (6) £180-£220

George Adamson attested for the Cheshire Regiment, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 September 1914. The medal roll for the two Boer War Medals notes that duplicates were issued in 1919; given the fact that the K.S.A. includes the Battalion number it is likely that the medals in this lot are those later issues.