Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps, and state and date clasps (3163. Pte. C. Ratcliffe. 2/Dorset. Regt.) engraved naming, with contemporary pin for wearing, edge bruising, very fine £100-£140

Charles Ratcliffe, a Carter from Wareham, Dorset, attested into the Dorsetshire Regiment on 8 January 1891. He served in Gibraltar, Malta and Crete, including during the 1898 occupation, before service in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War from 24 November 1899 to 30 May 1901. He was discharged at Home on 9 July 1901.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts confirming clasp entitlement, and copied service papers.