VINTAGE PRE WW1 BRITISH BOER WAR SERVICE MEDAL COOKHOUSE TOWN GUARD LOW ISSUE

Description

Offered is a Boer War Queen’s South Africa Medal, as awarded to Private H Grobelaar, who served with the Cookhouse Town Guard during the Boer War.

Queen’s South Africa Medal, impressed named to: 119 PTE H. GROBELAAR. COOKHOUSE T.G.

Comes with a copy of the medal rolls showing entitlement. Only 78 medals were awarded to members of the unit, with 30 medals being ‘returned’ in May 1909, effectively resulting in just 48 medals to the unit being in existence.