Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (3890. Pte. J. Mahoney. 19/Hrs.) edge bruise, good very fine £140-180

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2011.

John Mahoney was born in Limehouse, London, in 1873, and attested for the cavalry at London on 12 November 1892. Posted to the 19th Hussars, he served in India from September 1893 to October 1899, and in South Africa from 8 October 1899 to 11 May 1902 (additionally entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps). He was posted to the Army Reserve on 11 March 1903 and was discharged on 11 November 1904, after 12 years’ service.