Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Three: Private J. Hinsley, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State (7878 Pte., K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7878 Pte., K.R.R.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (7878 Pte., K.R.R.C.), last clasp unofficially riveted on the first, contact marks, edge bruising and somewhat polished, generally good fine (3) £220-250

James Hinsley, who originally enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in January 1893, was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1911 and was discharged in February 1913.