Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (5003 Pte. I. J. Pegg, 1st. Rl. Welsh Fus:) initials officially corrected, edge bruising, nearly very fine £200-£240

Isaac James Pegg was born in Derby in 1876 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Manchester on 24 June 1896. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Occupation of Crete from 31 July 1897 to 2 August 1898, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 26 August 1900 to 12 June 1901, and was severely wounded at Frederickstad on 25 October 1900. He was discharged on 30 November 1901, after 5 years and 160 days’ service.