Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Norbourne, Coldstream Guards, who fought in all his regiment’s major battles and engagements and was mentioned in despatches by Lord Roberts for gallant and distinguished service up to October 1900

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (2148 Corl., Cldstm. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2148 Pte., Coldstream Guards), heavy contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally good fine (2) £300-350

Private Norbourne (in the rank of Sergeant) was mentioned in despatches by Lord Roberts (London Gazette 10 September 1901) for gallant and distinguished service up to October 1900. As his battle and date clasps indicate - the maximum awarded to the Brigade of Guards - the Coldstream Guards fought from Belmont in November 1899 through to Belfast in August 1900 and then in the guerilla war.