Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, top lugs removed (6365 Spr. A. G. Wilson. 17/Fd: Coy R.E.) a somewhat later issue, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine £70-£90

Alexander George Wilson attested for the Royal Engineers and served during the Boer War, when he met and married a Boer woman, deserting his unit in the process. He later applied for the King’s mercy and, having been pardoned, his medal was issued on 24 December 1919.