Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 75

The Regimentally Unique 'Mashonaland 1897' Campaign Group of Four to Major G.I. Walsh, Leicestershire Regiment
Coronation Medal 1902, silver, reverse additionally engraved 'Capt. G..J. Walsh Leicester Regt.'; Coronation 1911, 'Major G.J. Walsh'; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, for Mashonaland 1897, no clasp (Capt. G.J. Walsh. 1/Leic. Regt.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Capt. G.J. Walsh. Leicester. Rgt.), top lugs neatly removed from last, and partially officially renamed, otherwise generally very fine or better (4)

Major George Inverarity Walsh (1866-1913); initially served in the Honourable Artillery Company, prior to being commissioned into the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, 1888; Lieutenant 1892; served in the operations in Mashonaland under Sir Richard Martin in 1897; where he was employed as a Special Service Officer (M.I.D. London Gazette 18.2.1898); Captain 1898; served under Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Rundle as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant General, 8th Division, South Africa 1900-1901 (M.I.D. London Gazette 16.4.1901); served as Adjutant, 1st V.B. Royal Fusiliers, 1901-1906; Major 4.7.1906; retired 1908; served as Staff Officer for the Overseas Troops at the 1911 Coronation; he was a keen follower of the South Oxfordshire and South Berks packs, and resided at Newnham Manor, Oxford.

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£2,000