Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3758 Dmr: G. Smith. Essex Regt.) suspension claw re-riveted, edge bruising, nearly very fine £80-£120

George Smith was born in Essex in 1874 and attested for the Essex Regiment on 9 January 1893, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 14 March 1896 to 6 December 1901; in South Africa from 7 December 1901 to 14 August 1902; and then back in India from 15 August 1902 to 6 April 1905. He was discharged Medically Unfit on 16 May 1905, after 12 years and 128 days’ service.

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