<div height=\"28px\" valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><font face=\"arial\" style=\"text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\"><img target=\"_blank\"><img African-Boer War Major Walter Karri-Davies 3+ Medals Imperial Light Horse
PROVENANCE: For a few years now we have been purchasing/consigning items from the Gaston Estate through a direct family member. This is the estate of the late William Gaston, who was a reknown Governor of Massachusetts. William Gaston was the great grandfather of the late Anne (Howard) Karri-Davies who was the wife of the late Walter T. C. Karri-Davies who was of course the son of the subject. I do not have this information on paper but it is readily available on the web.
This is an unbelievable find and a great piece of Australian and British war history. All of these medals belonged to Boer War Hero and partial founder of the Imperial Light Horse Major (then Lieutenant Colonel) Walter Karri-Davies.
The picture shown is taken from the website \"FOR AN AUSTRALIAN THE BOER WAR MEMORIAL\" listed This website has a lot of information of the recipient of these medals.
I do not profess to be an expert on this era but there is a lot of information about Major thenLieutenant Colonel Walter Karri-Davies on the web which can be obtained through Google.
Offered for your consideration are the following military medals.
Queen\'s South Africa Medal (inscribed on the side MAJOR W. KARRI-DAVIES 1-IMPERIAL L.H.) with clasps:
- Transvaal
- Orange Free State
- Defence of of Mafeking
King\'s South Africa Medal(inscribed on the side MAJOR W. KARRI-DAVIES 1-IMPERIAL L.H.) with 2 date clasps:
- South Africa 1901
- South Africa 1902
British War Service Medal World War 1inscribed on the side COL. W. KARRI-DAVIES.
Also offered as part of this listing is a 1st place golf medal from Hardelot Country Club in France in an original box from Williams & Co. PARIS. The front of the medal shows a man in full swing and the back shows a sign HARDELOT COUNTRY CLUB over an inscription which reads \"W. KARRI-DAVIES 1ST PRIZE AUGUST 1923\". The front is signed M. Lordonnois and the side of the rim is marked ARGENT with 2 trademarks one is JD & a cross inside a triangle and the other I cannot make out.
All of the military medals and the golf medal are about the same size which is approximately the size of an American old silver dollar (36mm or 1 1/2\" across).
Some may think this opening offer to be high but I believe this set of original medals to be priceless to lovers of military history especially from Great Britain and/or Australia.
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Certain images/photos incorporated into this template are the royalty free property of Northwestern University style=\"text-decoration:none\" />On Mar-28-15 at 07:09:22 PDT, seller added the following information:
PROVENANCE ADDITION: I have added this picture from ancestry.com to show the relation between Anne (Howard) Karrie-Davies of Massachusetts and Walter T.C. Karrie-Davies. There are also records on there that show his birthplace of South Africa and his death in Massachusetts USA.
