Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (219 Pte. A. J. Brown. Cape Police) edge bruise and contact marks, nearly very fine £1,200-£1,600

Alexander John Brown was born in Middlesex on 23 November 1873 and enlisted in the Cape Police at Kimberley on 21 April 1896. He served in District 2 during the Bechuanaland Rebellion (Medal and clasp), and during the Boer War from 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps).