Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belmont (549 Pte. S. Wyers, Cldstm: Gds:) extremely fine £500-600

Stephen Wyers was born in Birmingham and attested for the Coldstream Guards in London on 10 July 1896, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He served with the Coldstream Guards in South Africa during the Boer War, and was killed in action at the battle of Belmont on 23 November 1899. British casualties at Belmont amounted to 53 killed and more than 200 wounded.