The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1902, last clasp loose on riband (50 Pte. M. S. Weston, C.I.V.) officially re-impressed naming, nearly very fine £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Maurice Stephen Weston was born in St. Pancras, London in 1873. A mineralogist and mining engineer by occupation, he served with the Artists Rifles City Imperial Volunteers detachment in South Africa during the Boer War in the Infantry Battalion. He saw further service in the 143rd Company, 32nd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry (service number 42600) from 1 January 1902 until 31 December 1902, thus qualifying for the South Africa 1902 clasp to his Q.S.A.