Lot 48
Coldstream Guards 7 Clasp Queen’s South Africa Medal
At Sea, On Land & In The Air | M24003
Auction: 24 September 2024 at 18:30 BST
Description
Queen’s South Africa Medal, 1899-1902 seven clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paarderberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, awarded to Private, later Lance Corporal Frank Rhodes Coldstream Guards, (337 Pte F. Rhodes, Coldstm: Gds:), impressed naming very fine. (1)
Frank Rhodes, an 18 year old labourer from Sheffield enlisted into the Coldstream Guards on the 28th of November 1895, he served in South Africa, his only overseas posting, from the 21st of October 1899 to the 20th of July 1902, He was demobilised on the 27th of November 1907 after 12 years with the Colours, he re-enlisted on the 2nd of December 1907 for four further years with Section D.
Sold with Copy Service Papers, Copy Queen’s South Africa Medal Roll confirming the 7 clasp, King’s South Africa Medal Roll, and Copy Coldstream Guards Attestation Register, South Africa Service Register and Discharge Register.
