Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal (406 Pte. H. O. Baker. Post Office Corps) good very fine £100-£140

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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Henry Charles Baker was born in 1879 and enlisted in the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Post Office Rifles) on 10 August 1898, giving his home address as Wandsworth, London; in civilian life he was a postman. He served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Army Post Office Corps.