Medals from the Collection of the late Roy Painter

Pair: Captain C. E. Wyld, Coldstream Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Capt. C. E. Wyld, Cldstm: Gds:) impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. C. E. Wyld, Cld. Gds.) engraved naming, suspension soldered on the first and no longer swivels, otherwise very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Charles Edward Wyld served on the Staff in South African War 1899-1902 as Brigade Signalling Officer; took part in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River (5 and 6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June 1900); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900, including actions at Belfast (26 and 27 August); operations in Orange River Colony, November 1900 and April 1901; operations in Cape Colony, November 1900 to March 1901 and May 1901 to 31 May 1902; despatches London Gazette 10 September 1901 (Queen’s medal with 6 clasps; King’s medal with 2 clasps).