South Africa 1834-53 (T. Cutler. 27th Regt.) fitted with two-pronged silver ribbon buckle, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £500-£700

Thomas Cutler was born at Bolder [Boldre], Hampshire, and attested for the 27th Foot at Gosport on 15 May 1827, aged 20. His total service amounted to 20 years 345 days, including 12 years at the Cape of Good Hope, where he was present throughout the First and Second Kaffir wars. The regiment arrived back in England in April 1848, and Cutler was discharged at Glasgow on 14 May 1848, ‘being unfit for further service’. He was suffering from ‘dysphagia & chronic catarrh, induced by his services and exposure during the campaigns against the Caffir Tribes in 1846.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.