Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare ‘Intombi River’ casualty Zulu War medal to Private H. Lodge, 80th Foot

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (1931. Pte. H. Lodge. 80th Foot.) lightly toned, extremely fine and a rare casualty £5,000-£6,000

Provenance: Bonhams, April 2015

Henry Lodge enlisted into the 80th Foot at Bishops Stortford on 23 March 1872, aged 20 years 10 months. He was killed in action at Meyers Drift on the Intombi River, on 12 March 1879, one of 61 men of the Regiment killed in action that day, and is commemorated on the Staffordshire Volunteers Regimental Memorial in Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire. Sold with research including colour photographs of the monument in South Africa and the memorial in Lichfield Cathedral.