A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers

Four: Sergeant D. T. James, South Wales Borderers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (4804 Corl. D. T. James. S. Wales B.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4804 Serjt: D. T. James. S. Wales Bord:); British War Medal 1914-20 (4804 Sjt. D. T. James. S. Wales Bord.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4804 Sjt: D. T. James. S. Wales Bord:) contact marks, edge digs, otherwise very fine (4) £280-£340

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers.

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David Thomas James attested into the South Wales Borderers. Advanced Corporal, he served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War and was further advanced Sergeant. Awarded his L.S.G.C., he served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion and is additionally entitled to the Victory Medal.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts, a pair of regimental collar dogs and his cloth riband bar denoting the Boer War pair and L.S.G.C.