Medals from the collection of the late Mike Leahy

The Boer war pair awarded to Corporal J. Sheehan, Imperial Yeomanry, formerly an Orderly with the Irish Hospital

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (Orderly, Irish Hospital); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (33206 Cpl., Imp. Yeo.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of the late Mike Leahy.

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Sheehan returned to South Africa to serve with the 74th (Dublin) Company, Imperial Yeomanry. He was also a Constable in the R.I.C.