Queen’s South Africa, 1899-1902, 2nd type reverse, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, South Africa 1902 (3301 Pte G. Lambert, E. Lanc: Regt), mounted on card for display, suspension slightly loose, minor edge bruising, very fine. Private George Lambert, of Finsbury, London, is confirmed as having served with the East Lancashire Regiment (Mounted Infantry) during the Boer War in South Africa, where he was shot through the hand on 5 June 1900. He later served in the Great War with the 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, with whom he was killed in action on 24 January 1915.

Estimate: GBP 150 - 200