Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal W. G. van Ryk, South African Native Labour Corps
1914-15 Star (Pte. W. G. van Wyk, Van Rhynsdp Cdo); British War and Victory Medals (316 Cpl. W. G. van Wyk. S.A.N.L.C.) mounted court-style for display, very fine

Three: Second Lieutenant H. F. Bradley, Enslin’s Horse and 5th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry
1914-15 Star (Pte. H. F. Bradley. Enslins Hse.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. H. F. Bradley.); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Pte. H. F. Bradley. Enslins Hse.); together with five shooting medals, three silver and two bronze, the three silver ones all named to the recipient and dated 1911, 1912, and 1914, the bronze ones unnamed; and other ephemera, good very fine

Three: Sergeant H. H. Petzer, South African Pay Corps
British War Medal 1914-20 (Pte. H. H. Petzer. S.A.M.C.); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these both officially impressed ‘251332 H. H. Petzer’, good very fine (9) £100-£140

Hubert Frederick Bradley was born in 1894 and served during the Great War with Enslin’s Horse. Proceeding to the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 5th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry on 23 February 1918; he relinquished his commission on 15 June 1919 and died in 1969.

Herbert Harold Petzer was born in 1899 and served as a Private in the Protectorate Garrison Regiment, and subsequently as a Sergeant in the South African Pay Corps. His British War Medal was his sole medallic entitlement for the Great War. He died in 1976.