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 the obverse with coats of

the obverse with coats of arms of the Kingdoms of Austria and Hungary

England and proceeding to West Sandling Camp near Hythe

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

The collar is adorned with standard officer’s collar tabs

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 the obverse with coats ofInstituted 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.