A BOER WAR AND LATER GROUP OF MEDALS
AWARDED TO PRIVATE S. MUIRHEAD, 4383, ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
£555
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 16 August 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
comprising the Queen's South Africa Medal, with bars, Cape Colony, Paarenberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, and the King's South Africa medal with bars, South Africa 1901, 1902 and a long service George V medal; together with a group of WW1 medals, awarded to Private J. Duff, 14526, King's Own Borderers, comprising the 1914-15 star with papers, a Victory medal 1914-19 with papers, and a British war medal and a memorial plaque with papers; together with a plaid brooch, a snuff box and ribbon
Footnote
Note:
Private J. Duff was killed in action on the 25th of September 1915.
He is buried at Loos en Gohelle, Pas de Calais in France