Special Collections

Sold on 30 March 2011

1 part

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A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers

Lot

№ 172

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£85

Four: Captain H. E. Earl, Royal Air Force, late Southern Rhodesian Volunteer Corps and Hertforshire Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (916 Pte., S. Rhod. Vol. Corps (Duplicate)); 1914-15 Star (1842 Pte., Herts. Yeo.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt., R.F.C. (Duplicate)); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt.) good very fine and better (4) £80-100

Henry Edward Earl served in the Boer War with the Southern Rhodesian Volunteer Corps. During the Great War he entered the Egypt theatre of war as a Private in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry on 5 November 1914. He was discharged to a commission in the 6th Battalion Rifle Brigade on 2 November 1915. He was subsequently a Captain in the R.F.C. and R.A.F. With copied m.i.c.