United Kingdom. A Queen’s South Africa Medal to Corporal A.R. Ellis, Nesbitt’s Horse Archive bearing double-sided central white Sig

bearing double-sided central white Sig runes

the first enlisted man to do so

heavy loss of gilt on obverse and reverse

He arrived in England in May 1917

United Kingdom. A Queen’s South Africa Medal to Corporal A.R. Ellis, Nesbitt’s Horse Archive bearing double-sided central white SigA Queens South Africa Medal. Instituted 1899. In silver, rim officially impressed CORPL. A. R. ELLIS. NESBITTS HORSE. with CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, JOHANNESBURG and SOUTH AFRICA 1901 clasps, bright, minor wear, extremely fine. FOOTNOTE: Lance Corporal Alfred Richard Ellis is on the nominal roll for Nesbitts Horse during the Boer War. Nesbitt's Horse was an irregular mounted regiment raised in South Africa during the Second Boer War (18991902)