Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 September 2019

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 561

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25 September 2019

Hammer Price:
£950

Pair: Sergeant-Major Edwin Morris, Royal Artillery

South Africa 1834-53 (Serjt. E. Morris. Rl. Arty.); Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (3171 Sergt. Majr. E. Morris Coast Bde. R.A.) one letter of ‘Coast’ over-stamped, both mounted on silver pin-brooches, good very fine or better (2) £600-£700

Edwin Morris served with 4/8th Battalion R.A. in the Kaffir War of 1850-53. He was awarded the M.S.M. with Annuity of £10 in about 1873 and was still serving in 1881. He died on 31 May 1916.