Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. B. McKechnie, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry

Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Pte. J. Mackenchine, Thorneycroft’s M.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2554 Serjt: J. B. McKechnie. Thorneycroft’s M.I.) surname lightly rubbed on the first, suspension bar ends slightly distorted on the second, otherwise good very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400

D.C.M. recommendation submitted to the King, 3 August 1901; London Gazette, 27 September 1901; Army Order 15 of 1902 (given throughout as Mackenchine); M.I.D. London Gazette 16 April 1901, p.2612 (Mackechnie).

John Brown McKechnie/Mackechnie attested for Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry at Pietermaritzburg on 27 October 1899, declaring previous service with the Cape Yeomanry (time expired). He was discharged with the rank of Sergeant, at his own request, at Standerton on 9 November 1900.

Sold with a Queen Victoria 1900 Christmas tin, together with copied research.