Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Condr. B. H. Hanger. A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (L/Sjt. L. C. Hanger 4th S.A.I.) good very fine (2) £80-£100

Leander Cecil Hanger was born at Klerksdorp on 30 May 1896, son of Bindon Earnest Hangar. He attested for the 1st South Africa Infantry Brigade at Potchefstroom on 4 January 1917, and served in France with the 4th South African Infantry where he was severely wounded in the head on 1 October 1917. He was discharged for ‘wounds’ on 1 April 1919. Sold with copied attestation papers. Entitlement to no clasps on the first has not been confirmed.