Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Boer War: Official Proclamations and Notices, large bilingual Proclamation by Lord Roberts, dated 1 September 1900 announcing the Annexation of the South African Republic (Transvaal), 64 x 51cm. (approx.); bilingual Proclamation by Lord Roberts, undated, warning the burghers of the Orange Free State to desist from any further hostilities, 57 x 44.5cm. (approx.); bilingual Proclamation by Lord Roberts, dated 14 August 1900, warning the inhabitants of the South African Republic of the penalties for breaking their oaths to the Queen; Official Military Bulletin No.5, by Major-General J. Grenfell-Maxwell, dated 20 June 1900, relating actions by General Hunter in occupying Krugersdorp, the forces of General Baden-Powell linking with those of General Hutton near Rustenburg; General Hutton’s action with du Plessis at Klipkop and Lord Methuen’s engagement with General de Wet’s forces at Heilbron; a printed version of an allegedly intercepted Boer Despatch, entitled ‘A Marvellous Concoction’, from General Liebenberg to General de la Rey, dated ‘near Klerksdorp’, 4 September 1901; an attractive Illustrated Evening News Poster, entitled ‘Will you Keep the Flag Flying’, believed to date from the so-called ‘Khaki Election’ of 1900, generally good condition (6) £120-160

An extract from the Proclamation announcing the Annexation of the South African Republic reads, ‘Whereas certain territories in South Africa, hitherto known as the South African Republic, have been conquered by Her Majesty’s Forces, and it has seemed expedient to Her Majesty that the said Territories should be Annexed to, and should henceforth form part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, ... God Save the Queen’

An extract from ‘A Marvellous Concoction’ reads, ‘... it is reported from Johannesburg that England and France have already come to blows, and that the French have blockaded a channel or harbour.’

‘Ruin stares her, the mighty England, in the face - she begins to realise now that the destinies of the Transvaal and Orange Free State people are in the hand of our God, not that of England’.

‘... Russia has blockaded all the harbours of the Cape Colony. Russia, France, Belgium and other powers have stopped the war’.