Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2328 Pte. J. Wheeler, 2nd Wilts. Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals.

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2328 Private J. Wheeler, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, was one of a number of men of the battalion to be tried and convicted by Court Martial, for receiving stolen goods and drunkenness on duty, 13 April 1901. This conviction was later held to be illegal and was ordered to be erased from the men’s records. An earlier order for their medals to be forfeited was also reversed. With copied roll extracts confirming the above.