Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An intriguing contemporarily re-engraved Zulu War medal to Shoeing-Smith Joseph Steer, “N” Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery, a survivor of the battle of Isandhlwana

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1142. Sg. Smith, J. Steer. 5th Bde. R.A.) contemporary re-engraved naming, some edge bruising and other marks, therefore nearly very fine £200-£300

Shoeing-Smith Joseph Steer was a survivor from the battle of Isandhlwana and is confirmed as such in They Fell Like Stones by John Young. The medal roll shows entitlement to the clasp ‘1877-8-9’. Sold with various copied muster lists from 1875-79.