Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (123 Pte. E. Evans. Hampshire Regt. Vol. Coy) ‘Vol Coy’ privately engraved in a different hand, edge bruising, suspension claw loose, very fine £80-£100

Edgar Ernest Evans was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, in 1875 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 17 January 1900, having previously served with the 1st Hampshire Volunteers. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 March 1901 to 37 May 1902, and was discharged on 26 June 1902.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.