United Kingdom. A Hazara Expeditions & Boer War Pair, Seaforth Highlanders

India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 2 Clasps - HAZARA 1888, HAZARA 1891 (1024 CORL: T. DENNIS, 2: SEA: HIGHRS:); and Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 4 Clasps - CAPE COLONY, PAARDEBERG, DRIEFONTEIN, WITTEBERGEN (1024 CORl T. DENNIS, 2: SEA: HIGHRS:). Naming is engraved on the IGSM and impressed on the QSA. Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, the bar missing its catch, the QSA with a repaired suspension, both medals exhibiting bruising, edge nicks, along with wear in the naming and contact marks, original ribbons, the ribbon on the QSA exhibiting fraying, fine.

Footnote: The 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders were stationed in India. They saw service on the North West Frontier, taking part in the Hazara Expeditions in the summer 1888 and the spring of 1891, and the Chitral Expedition in the Spring of 1895, returning home in 1897. The outbreak of the Second Boer War saw the 2nd Battalion travel to South Africa in November 1899, where they suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Magersfontein in December 1899 and at the Battle of Paardeberg in February 1900. Corporal Thomas Dennis was sent home from South Africa on January 8, 1901, as his time had expired. The medal roll for the Queen's South Africa Medal indicates that he was entitled to four clasps: Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein and Wittebergen.