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

Pair: Nursing Sister Clementina Kemp, Scottish Hospital

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nurs: Sister E. Kemp, Scottish Hosp:) officially impressed naming, note incorrect initial; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister C. Kemp.) officially impressed naming, very fine and scarce (2) £400-£500

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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Sister Clementina Kemp trained at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, before joining Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve on 24 July 1900. She served in South Africa with the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Hospital, also with No. 2 General Hospital at Pretoria and No. 10 Hospital at Norval’s Point.

Sold with copied medal rolls showing initial ‘E’ for the Queen’s and initial ‘C’ for the King’s medals. Also with an undated Christie’s or Spink catalogue entry when this pair was sold with a 1914-15 trio to ‘C. Kemp B.R.C.S.’ and a probably unrelated R.R.C. Second Class.