Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Leading Seaman A. Reid, Natal Naval Corps.) nearly extremely fine and scarce £240-£280

203 Natal medals issued to the Natal Naval Corps, including 136 with the clasp ‘1906’.

The Natal Naval Corps, under Lieutenant-Commander F. Hoare, was mobilised for the second part of the rebellion which took place between 3 April and 8 July 1906, being required for active service in the Bambatha campaign. It had originally been raised as the Natal Naval Volunteers in 1885 as a part-time coastal artillery unit from the local British community for the defence of Durban. It changed its title in 1904.