Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. H. Rickard, 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, who was slightly wounded at de Klip drift on 7 March 1902

Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (84179 Serjt: J. H. Rickard. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (84179 Sgt. J. H. Rickard, 38th. Bty., R.F.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (84179 Serjt: J. H. Rickard. R.F.A.) area of erasure between surname and unit on last, the first two with top brooch bars, light contact marks, very fine (3) £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Boer Wars.

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D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902.

M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902.

J. Rickard served with the 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War, and was slightly wounded at de Klip drift on 7 March 1902.