United Kingdom. A Queen’s South Africa Medal to Pte. Abbot, Grenadier Guards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac also bearing a hand-etched owner’s

also bearing a hand-etched owner’s name presented in individually-pressed dots

inside lid lined in blue satin

The collar is adorned with standard officer’s collar tabs

black cotton mesh backers

000 people participated in the festivities

United Kingdom. A Queen’s South Africa Medal to Pte. Abbot, Grenadier Guards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac also bearing a hand-etched owner’sInstituted 1899. In silver, full size, rim officially impressed 8312 PTE A. ABBOTT. GREN: GDS:, with CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE and BELFAST clasps, minor wear, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: Private A. Abbott, of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, is on the medal roll for the South Africa Medal for the Second Boer War. The Grenadier Guards served with distinction in the Second Boer War (18991902) as part of the elite Guards Brigade.