Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. R. Lowe, A.B. H.M.S. Monarch), edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-£90

John Robert Lowe was born in Hull on 24 July 1877 and entered naval service on 16 January 1893 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable. He served in H.M.S. Monarch as an Ordinary Seaman, latterly promoted to Able Seaman, from 26 January 1897 to 5 April 1900.