United Kingdom. A Queen’s South Africa Medal to Corporal A.R. Ellis, Nesbitt’s Horse consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It is dated to Hollenbeck

It is dated to Hollenbeck on February 2

a rare example of a zink badge retaining almost all of its original finish

the obverse with a circular central medallion with a white enamel elephant facing left

a marriage certificate (209x148mm

United Kingdom. A Queen’s South Africa Medal to Corporal A.R. Ellis, Nesbitt’s Horse consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It is dated to HollenbeckA 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)