Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (650 Pte. C. Marritt. A.P.O. Corps) good very fine £120-£160

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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Charles Marritt was born in 1873 and served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Army Post Office Corps. He re-enlisted in the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Post Office Rifles) on 17 February 1903, before transferring to the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, on 1 January 1904, and in civilian life he was a postman in Bournemouth, Hampshire.