A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mother Agnes.) officially impressed naming, toned, extremely fine and rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press.

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Mother Agnes heads the list of 20 ‘Civil Nurses’ on the medal roll, including 4 Mothers, five Sisters, ten Nursing Sisters, and one Matron. The roll notes: ‘These ladies were employed in the Victoria Hospital, Johannesburg and nursed military patients during the war.’

Sold with copied medal roll and some other research.