Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private David Robertson, Royal Scots

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4155 Pte. D. Robertson, Royal Scots.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4155 Pte. D. Robertson. Rl: Scots.) good very fine and scarce £500-£600

Only 83 men of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots received the ‘Wepener’ clasp, the only Imperial troops present as a unit.

David Robertson was born in the Parish of St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, and attested for the Royal Scots at Glencorse on 18 August 1891, aged 18 years 4 months. He served abroad in the East Indies, September 1893 to March 1899, and in South Africa, 6 November 1899 to 8 September 1902. He was discharged at Glencorse on 17 August 1903. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts.