Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, first three clasps loose as a block of three, separate from the loose date clasp (1447 Gnr: R. McLaren. Edin: Coy: R.G.A.) scratches to obverse and reverse, otherwise very fine £90-£120

Spink, November 2016 (when sold as a no clasp medal).

Robert McLaren, a Groom from Edinburgh, was born in 1864. He attested into the Edinburgh Company of the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1891 and served until 1896, before transferring into the Militia Reserve. Mobilised in 1899, he served in South Africa during the Boer War until his discharge in March 1900. He immediately reenlisted and was struck off in June 1908. The Natal clasp is confirmed on the medal roll.

Sold with copy research and copy service records, showing his entitlement to a three clasp medal.