Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Four: Lieutenant R. M. Crux, South African Forces, late Lumsden’s Horse

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (287 Dvr., Lumsden’s Horse); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt., Joh’burg M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Lt.), very fine and better (4) £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to Lumsden's Horse.

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Lieutenant Richard Millet Crux was a clerk in the military accounts office in Lahore prior to joining Lumsden’s Horse. He served in ‘B’ Company Transport. Following his Regiment’s departure, he remained in South Africa and served as a Lieutenant in the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles.