Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (203. Pte. E. Selfe, 2: Hampshire Regt.) clasp carriage broken at base of right hand side, edge bruise, very fine £70-£90

Edward Selfe was born in Newhaven, Sussex, in 1881 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment, having previously served with the Regiment’s 3rd Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and died of disease at Durban on 5 January 1902.

Sold with copied Militia attestation papers; and medal roll extracts.