Korea Medal (7593194 W.O.Cl.2. V.J. Payne. R.A.O.C.)

During the Korean War the recipient held the appointment of Warrant Officer II, while serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Tobruk Evader: A long serving soldier with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the recipient was holding the rank of Staff Sergeant and serving at the strategic port city of Tobruk, Cyrenaica. Libya, in June 1942, when Rommel's 'Afrika Korps' captured the ci...  read more

Code: 24045

Queens South Africa Medal 1899-1902: Silver issue with 2 x clasps, 'Orange Free State' & 'Transvaal' (1315 Sjt: J. Young. Imp: Lt Horse)

Medal and clasps verification: The medal and both clasps confirmed as entitled and as-issued per the respective campaign medal roll of 2nd Battalion Imperial Light Horse (ref WO 100/251) that was compiled and signed at Pietermaritzburg, Natal Colony, on, 9 February 1903.

The recipient was a Scotsman, who had his family origins in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland

John...  read more

Code: 23486

Queens South Africa Medal. Silver issue with 4 x clasps 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'Transvaal' & 'South Africa 1901' (974 Pte. J. W. Napier. Cape Town Highrs:)

Medal and clasps verification: QSA medal and all 4 x clasps confirmed per below cited medal rolls:

- QSA Medal with 4 x clasps: Ref WO 100/241 compiled at Cape Town, South Africa, 26 October 1901 (medal issued on 19 December 1906)

Recipient was a Scottish soldier holding the rank of Private while serving with the Cape Town Highlanders (a South African volunteer uni...  read more

Code: 23482

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (2879 Pte. P. Innes 1st. Bn. Gord Highrs.)

Medal and clasp verification: Medal & clasp verified per respective medal roll of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders (ref WO 100/77) compiled and signed at, Gharial, India, 1 July 1896

Peter Innes, second son of Peter Innes (General Labourer) & Isabella Innes (nee McIntosh) was a native of the ,Parish of Mortlach, Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland, where he was born on, 5 January ...  read more

Code: 23422

Egypt & Sudan Medal 1882-1886. Reverse dated 1882. No clasp (2123. Pte. H. Taylor. 1/Gord: Highrs:)

Important: The recipient Private Henry Taylor, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, is confirmed entitled to 4 x clasps to his dated 1882 Medal, vis 'Tel-el-Kebir', 'Suakin 1884', 'El-Teb_Tamaai' & 'The Nile 1884-5'!

Medals and clasps verification: The recipient is verified as entitled to both the Egypt Medal 1882 with 4 x clasps and the Khedives Egypt Star 1882. Both medals and all...  read more

Code: 23499

India General Service Medal 1908-35. GV first type silver issue with 3 x clasps 'Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919', 'Waziristan 1919-21' & 'Waziristan N.W.F. 1921-24' (235 Rfm. Jeet Sing Rawat, 4-39 R. Garh. Rif)

Second clap attached by rivets and top clasp attached by a silver rod

The recipient was an Indian soldier of Garhwali ethnicity and the Hindu faith, who held the rank of 'Rifleman' while serving with the 4th Battalion 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles, an infantry unit of the British Indian Army

4/39 Garhwal Rifles was a war raised battalion of the Indian Army that was rai...  read more

Code: 23946

India General Service Medal 1895-1902. Victoria, silver issue with 3 x clasps, 'Punjab Frontier 1897-98', 'Samana 1897' & 'Tirah 1897-98' (1916. Sowar Shakar Khan, 1st. C.I. Horse.)

The recipient was an Indian soldier of Punjabi Mussalman ethnicity & faith, who held the rank of Sowar (Trooper) while serving with the 1st Regiment Central India Horse, a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army

Central India Horse: The regiment has its origins dating back to 1858, when the unit was raised as a Local Corps. Subsequent changes saw two regiments restyled respec...  read more

Code: 23934

Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902. Silver issue with 5 x clasps, 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'Transvaal', 'South Africa 1901' & 'South Africa 1902' (9558 Sapr. A. Bayliss. Rl: Engineers.)

Minor official corrections to last few letters of unit name, and exactly as issued

Medal and clasps verification: The medal with all 5 x clasps to Sapper Bayliss, is confirmed per the respective campaign medal roll of the 1st Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers (ref WO 100/159) that was compiled and signed at Aldershot, Hampshire, England, on, 20 December 1902, by which time the ...  read more

Code: 23933

South African War 1899-1902: Patriotic badge 'General the Earl Kitchener of Khartoum'

Obverse: Portrait of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts - Commander-in-Chief, South Africa (12 December 1900 - 23 June 1902)

Reverse: Plain with pinback fittings as issued

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of the m...  read more

Code: 23852

South African War 1899-1902: Patriotic badge 'Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar, V.C.'

Obverse: Portrait of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts - Commander-in-Chief, South Africa (23 December 1899 - 11 December 1900)

Reverse: Plain with pinback fittings as issued

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of t...  read more

Code: 23851