Orders, Decorations and Medals

Dublin Yeomanry Boer War Tribute Medal, in 9 carat gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, 29mm by 23mm, openwork circlet inscribed ‘61st 2nd Dublin Yeomanry 1901’, surrounding a shamrock, inscribed ‘For Valour’, the whole surmounted by a crown, reverse inscribed ‘11244 J. W. Pratt, From their fellow countrymen’, with brooch fitting to reverse, this obscuring the word ‘their‘ and the ‘me‘ of countrymen, otherwise good very fine and rare £150-250

These medals were presented to the officers and men of the 61st (South Irish Horse) Company, 2nd (Dublin) Imperial Yeomanry at the welcome home reception on 11 June 1901 in Dublin. They were individually presented to each man by Lady Fingall, who was the wife of the Commanding Officer of the Company, to each of the 6 officers and 57 other ranks who were present. Boer War Tribute Medals, by M. G. Hibbard states that just 3 examples of this medal, not including the medal to Pratt, are known to have survived.