Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E.

3rd Volunteer Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Marksman’s Medal, obv. regimental crest, ‘Charles Thomas Volunteer Prize Fund’, rev. ‘3rd V.B. Gloucestershire Regiment, Marksman’, engraved, ‘1902 Corpl. A. A. Forty’, 32mm., bronze, ring suspension, minor edge bruising; Brassey Field Firing and Marching Competition Medal, obv. crowned and wreathed star, ‘Pro Deo et Patria Victoria’, rev. inscribed, ‘Won by 2nd Batt. Inf. B’gde. 3 June 1901’ (Pte. A. C. Johnson, D Coy), 32mm., silver, scroll suspension, very fine and better (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E..

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The 3rd Battalion Gloucester Regiment was raised in Bristol in February 1900 and served in South Africa.