Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Thorburn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: A. B. Thorburn. A. & S. Hdrs:) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. A. B. Thorburn. A. & S. Hgrs.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: A. B. Thorburn. A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. A. B. Thorburn.) light contact marks to Boer War pair, generally very fine and better (5) £600-£800

M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916.

Adam Brown Thorburn was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 6 December 1899, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, being present during the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900; in the operations in the Transvaal, July 1900 to May 1902; and in Cape Colony, May 1902. Promoted Lieutenant on 16 September 1901, and Captain on 20 May 1909, he served during the Great War on the Western Front on the Staff from 14 August 1914, and afterwards in command of the 5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry from 8 September 1918. For his services during the Great War he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and was Mentioned in Despatches.

Sold together with the recipient’s cloth slip-on epaulettes with rank insignia; Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Glengarry cap badge; and a set of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Officers Collar Dogs.