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The trio to Major Eyton sold for a hammer price of GBP 1,100. Totals: GBP 1,364. R 29,840. AUD 2,620. NZD 2,850. CAD 2,330. USD 1,750. EUR 1,490.

Picture courtesy of Spink

QSA (5) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (23345 Pte. C. Joy. 39th Coy. Imp: Yeo:);
1914-15 Star (1594 Pte. C. Joy. P.P.C.L.I.);
British War and Victory Medals (1594 Pte. C. Joy. P.P.C.L.I.);
Army MSM GV (1594 Pte. C. Joy. E. Ont: R.)

MSM London Gazette 18 January 1919.

Charles Joy was born at Crewkerne, Somerset in September 1870 and was a butcher by trade. He served in the 39th (Berkshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War. With the outbreak of the Great War, he enlisted into the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at Ottawa in August 1914 and served with them overseas. Joy was discharged in May 1919.

Together with a Peace Token.

Estimated at £240.

Sold for a hammer price of GBP 2,500. Totals: GBP 3,100. R 67,820. AUD 5,960. NZD 6,480. CAD 5,290. USD 3,990. EUR 3,390.

Picture courtesy of Clarke and Simpson

QSA (3) Wittebergen, Transvaal, Cape Colony (Lieut. J.M. Wilson 44Co. 12/Imp-Yeo).