Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (6852 Pte. A. Sadler. Rl. Warwick: Regt.) crude (and ineffective) solder repair to lower right hand side of clasp carriage, otherwise very fine £70-£90

There are service papers for a William Henry Sadler, No. 6852, 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, a resident of Hurst Street Warwick, who attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Birmingham on 7 July 1898. His service papers confirm service in South Africa during the Boer War in 1902, having been embodied for service on 2 December 1901. The medal rolls additionally confirm that Pte. No. 6852 A. Sadler, was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony and South Africa 1902.