War Medals

QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL : SOUTH WALES BORDERERS : MOUNTED INFANTRY :

Bars, 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'Transvaal', officially impressed naming - 6072 Pte. H.R. SYSUM, S. Wales Bord. (South Wales Borderers) : (HUBERT ROBERT SYSUM - Born around 1881 at Overmonmow Saint James, Monmouthshire : Served in South Africa with 2nd. Battalion, South Wales Borderers, Mounted Infantry and was reported missing at Rhenosterspruit on 14 December 1900 : A Court of Enquiry subsequently concluded that he had been KILLED IN ACTION on that date. Recorded on Medal Roll as "Deceased".) : Sold with verification and copy Casualty Roll entry : Medal mounted on long length of original silk ribbon : One slight edge bruise to reverse rim below Regimental Number otherwise NEF - £595