Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between sixth and seventh clasp and not entitled to the two date clasps (12128 Bomb. R. Phillips, A.B. R.H.A.) edge bruise, minor contact marks, good very fine £240-£280

H. Phillips served with the Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 January to 29 November 1900 (and not in either 1901 or 1902). His service papers state that he was entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Transvsal, and Orange River Colony [sic]. He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914.