Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 5 Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 awarded to Private B. King, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry who saw service in South Africa during the Boer War on operations in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. Along with a selection of ephemera and hand crafted commemorative belt made by the recipient.
Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 5 Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; (6273 PTE. B. KING. D. OF. C. L.I.)
Condition: edge-knock at 6 o’clock, toned, Good Very Fine
Along with:
Small studio photograph of the recipient wearing the medal
Postcard photograph addressed to a relative in Albert Street, ‘Joeburg’, Transvaal
Permit to Travel to the recipient
Copy of a birth certificate for a child.
Letter from King to his family detailing his will
Hand crafted commemorative belt for South Africa named ‘B. King 2nd D.C.L.I.’
Private (No. 6273) B. King, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. The 2nd Battalion sailed in the Formosa on 5th December 1899 and arrived at the Cape on the 29th. For two months it was on the lines of communication on the western Border. In February 1900 it became part of the 19th Brigade. It saw action against the Boers at Paardeberg, and in March 1900 entered Bloemfontein. It continued to take part in a series of skirmishes until the end of the war.
Following the war in South Africa.
King saw action in operations in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal.