Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (S: Serjt: Farr A. Hirtes. I.S.V.D.) very fine and very rare £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press.

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A. Hirtes is confirmed as a Staff Sergeant-Farrier on the roll of the Indian Subordinate Veterinary Department which lists nine names - although one recipient seems to have been issued with his medal off the 4th Hussars roll; two are underlined; and the roll states ‘Issued 6 medals 13 clasps’. Hirtes also appears on an individual roll for the Subordinate Veterinary Department as being entitled to the King's South Africa medal with two clasps, and notes service with ‘No. 7 Station, Veterinary Hospital, Kroonstad.’

Sold with copied medal rolls.