The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

City of London Imperial Volunteers for South Africa 1899-1900 Medallion, 76mm, bronze, the obverse featuring a seated female figure with sword, presenting the freedom of the city to a uniformed man in the City Imperial Volunteers, the reverse featuring the radiant sun of the British Empire shining behind a hill which is surmounted by a tall staff flying the Union Flag and C.I.V. Flag, guarded by two guns, unnamed, in card box of issue, nearly extremely fine

City of London Imperial Volunteers engraved coins.
One Shilling, dated 1899, with ornate eyelet neatly soldered to top, the reverse inscribed ‘C.L.I.V. A. W. Gough: 4th Jan. 1900 The Queen’s Shilling; Three Pence, Victoria (old head), the reverse engraved ‘J. C. to G. H. P., C.I.V. Jan 1900’, pierced, of no numismatic value but generally good condition (3) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Arthur William Gough was born in 1872 and was an employee of the Bank of England. He joined the 12th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers in 1893 and served with their detachment in South Africa during the Boer War as part of the No. 2 Mounted Infantry Company, City Imperial Volunteers, receiving a seven clasp Q.S.A., the maximum number of clasps issued to the C.I.V.

George Herbert Paul, the only man with the initials G.H.P. in the City Imperial Volunteers, joined the 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1894 and served with their detachment in South Africa as a Lance Corporal with the C.I.V.