Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, South Africa 1901, Orange Free State, top clasp loose on riband (12796 Trp F Elston Imp Yeo) a somewhat later issued duplicate medal with fixed suspension, extremely fine £120-£160

Fred Elston, a butcher from Credition, Devon, attested for service with the Imperial Yeomanry at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on 15 February 1900, and served during the Boer War in South Africa from 6 April 1900 to 8 June 1901 with the 71st Company, 18th (Sharphooters) Battalion. He was discharged on 13 June 1901.

Sold with copy service papers and copy medal roll extracts, confirming all clasps. The medal roll notes the existence of this duplicate medal.