Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2), (... Pte. G. Armand. 16th Lancers; Lieut. G. Kemsley. C.C. Forces.) the first with attempted obliteration of naming, regimental number illegible, the second with badly bent suspension bar, otherwise better than very fine (2) £100-£140

Gustave Armand was born in Marylebone, London, in 1873 and attested for the 16th Lancers on 16 April 1894. He served in India from 13 September 1894 to 21 January 1900, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 January 1900 to 23 August 1902. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 20 January 1902, and was discharged on 15 April 1906, after 12 years’ service. He later became an Out Pensioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.