Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (3287 Cpl. G. Gyford, 1st. Suffolk Regt.) good very fine £140-£180

Sold with a South Africa 1900 Christmas tin in relic condition with remnants of original chocolate; a Suffolk Regiment cap badge; and a newspaper cutting that reads:
‘Five Sons in the Army. Another Ipswich Family’s Remarkable Record of Service. Mrs. Gyford, of 2 Dedham Place, Fore Street, Ipswich, has received from Her Majesty the Queen the sum of £3, as a mark of Her Majesty’s appreciation of the fact that she has five sons in the Army. All are serving in South Africa - one as a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Ordnance Store Department; one as a Corporal in the Devonshire Regiment; one as a Corporal in the Military Mounted Police; one as a Driver in the Royal Artillery; and one as a Corporal in the Suffolk Regiment.’