Boer War Queens South Africa Medal to Captain Horace Dixon Mayhew, who served with both the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers & the 4th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment during the Boer War. Queen’s South Africa Medal measures 36mm wide and is a circular silver medal with claw and swivel ribbon bar suspension, with CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE & TRANSVAAL clasps; the face with the veiled crowned head and shoulders portrait of Queen Victoria facing left, circumscribed VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX (Victoria Queen and Empress), signed G. De Saulles; attributed on the edge in correct officer’s sloped style Capt. The medal was instituted in 1899 to be awarded to participants in the Boer War. Rarely will you see a Machine Gun officer’s Q. Come up for sale. Was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Denbighshire Hussars in January 1900, the same month in which he transferred to the Imperial Yeomanry to be a Machine Gun Commander. 6 February 1900, refers. He was indeed given command of a Gun Section in the 9th (Welsh) Battalion, which was equipped with two Colt quick-firing guns, and went on to witness active service in South Africa with the 31st & 49th (Montgomeryshire) Companies. We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. 2/135 Russell St, Morley, WA. We run two specialist military auctions per year. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “CAPTAIN MACHINE GUN SECTION PRE WW1 BRITISH ARMY QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL QSA” is in sale since Wednesday, December 14, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Authenticity: Original
- Era: 1900s
- Country: South Africa
- Product Type: Medals
- Campaign: World War I
