Pair: Private O. C. Hedge, Scots Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Wittebergen, Belfast (6989 Pte. O. C. Hedge, Scots G..) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6989 Pte. O. Hedge, Scots Guards) edge bruising and heavy contact marks that has partially obscured naming, therefore fine (2) £140-£180

Owen Charles Hedge was born in Benger, Hertford. A Groom by occupation, he attested for the Scots Guards at London on 6 November 1885, aged 19 years, 7 months. With the Guards, he served in South Africa from March 1900 to October 1902, and was discharged on 5 November 1906, after 21 years’ service. As an ‘Army Pensioner’ he died on 7 January 1949.

Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and death certificate.