A SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1879 WITH 1879 CLASP TO CAPTAIN F.L. ST...

A SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1879 WITH 1879 CLASP TO CAPTAIN F.L. STORY OF THE 99TH FOOT. A South Africa medal with 1879 clasp named to Captain F.L. Story 99th Foot. F.L. Story from the East Indies received his first commission on the 6th August 1857. He was promoted to the rank of Major on the 1st of July 1881 at the age of 40, one of three such promotions on the augmentation of establishment. One of only eight such awards to those with the rank of Captain with the 99th noted on the roll. Provenance: The Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Benskin Green Collection, purchased from Baldwin on the 9th November 1948 for 57s 6d. Loaned to 'The Wardrobe' Military museum Salisbury by Dr J. Green 1982 - 2026.

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