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This lovely group of miniatures is being sold by Morton & Eden in the auction on 29 Nov 12.



The medals are attributed to Major Horace V Collier-Gates.

The group consists of: Order of St. John of Jerusalem, British South Africa Company Medal, 2 clasps, Rhodesia 1896, Mashonaland 1897, Queen’s Sudan, Queens South Africa, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Wepener, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Wittebergen, King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin, Natal Rebellion, 1 clasp 1906, 1914 Star and Bar, British War and Victory Medals, Royal Humane Society in bronze, France, Légion d’Honneur, Belgium, Order of Leopold with Swords, France, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre with Palm, Belgium, Croix de Guerre, Russia, Cross of St George, in silver, Khedive’s Sudan, 1 clasp, The Atbara, France, Ministry of the Interior’s Medal for Acts of Self Sacrifice, Ministry of War’s Medal for Self Sacrifice in Epidemics.

He Collier-Gates was born in Scarborough in 1865. He qualified as a doctor but throughout his long life was constantly attracted by the military life, serving in many different capacities and in many parts of the world. He saw service as a trooper in the Mounties, as a Sergeant in the Bulawayo Field Force during the Matabele Rising, in Remington’s Scouts and late Lord Strathcona’s Horse during the Boer War, as well as serving as an army doctor in the Sudan and during the Relief of Pekin.

At the outbreak of the Great War, although now nearly 50 years old, he left medicine once again and joined the Royal Flying Corps where he trained as a pilot. Following the Great War he joined the Legion of Frontiersmen.

He died in 1951.

I was interested in the group because of the Wepener clasp but I don't think he is entitled to the clasp.

Otherwise it is quite a splendid group of awards.

Hi David,
Magnificent, but, I have never been able to get into miniatures, I like it for the BSA co medal and clasps!
Moreover, even without the foreign medals, it would still be a really lovely group.
Regards Frank

Agreed! With the 1906 Medal in there too it is quite the South Africa group.