East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Lt. & A/Insptr. G. E. Patey. 3/R. Dublin Fus.) nearly extremely fine and rare £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for Campaigns in Africa.

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G. E. Patey subsequently served during the Boer War, arriving in South Africa as a Lieutenant with the 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 13 June 1900. He retuned home in August 1901 (additionally entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal), and retired on 5 October of that year.
On 12 May 1917, at the age of 43, Patey petitioned the War Office for a commission in the Infantry. His medical documents state that he injured his left knee in August 1900, and that he had been invalided from the Honourable Artillery Company on 23 July 1915, whilst serving at Home Thereafter he served with the Labour Corps, until his final discharge on 18 February 1919.

Not listed in Cresswell’s Irish Medals.