QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA 1899 AND UNITED FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND LONG SERVICE MEDAL TO A TROOPER, SOUTH AFRICAN LIGHT HORSE WHO WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES DURING THE BOER WAR

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899, 6 CLASPS, CAPE COLONY, TUGELA HEIGHTS, ORANGE FREE STATE, RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, LAING’S NEK, BELFAST ‘989. TPR E.BROPHY. S.A. LT. HORSE’, UNITED FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND LONG SERVICE MEDAL FOR FIVE YEARS’ SERVICE, IN SILVERBY A.T. WITH 2 YEARS SERVICE BAR, SUSPENDER INSCRIBED 'NAPIER V./F. BRIGADE', WITH BROOCH BUCKLE BAR (MISSING PIN), REVERSE INSCRIBED 'FOREMAN/EDWARD BROPHY/BY THE/NAPIER/FIRE BRIGADE/MAR.6. 1891'.

M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1901.

989 Trooper E. Brophy, served with the South African Light Horse during the Boer War, being Mentioned in Despatches in 1901. Presumably a New Zealander, he had previously been a fireman in Napier, New Zealand.

Condition VF, couple of small EK’s, attractive patina to both. Clasps confirmed. Ex Morton & Eden 2006.