Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Cooper, Hampshire Regiment

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (3624 Pte., 2/Hampshire Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3624 Pte., 2nd Hampshire Regt,.); King’s South Africa 1901-02. 2 clasps (3624 Pte, Hampshire Regt.) last with official correction to service number and with suspension repaired (now non-swiveling), some contact marks, very fine, scarce (3) £650-750

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Hampshire Regiment.

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Only 25 men of the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment awarded the B.S.A. Co. Medal for Rhodesia 1896 with Mashonaland 1897 clasp.