Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. Penellum, Ord., H.M.S. Pelorus), very fine £70-£90

(John) Walter Penellum was born in South Brent, Devon, on 20 November 1880 and entered naval service as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 19 June 1897, serving during the Boer War in H.M.S. Pelorus from 1 July 1899 to 31 August 1900.