United Kingdom. A Queen’s South Africa Medal, to Pte. Bartlett, Cape Colony Cycle Corps GTRexclude receiving on the same day

receiving on the same day the appointment of Second Lieutenant First United States Infantry

enamel chipping and repair evident on the arms and centrepieces

suspended from a pinback hanger inscribed "OUR COUNTRY"

with its period original ribbon - sewn together at the ends

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 34th Infantry Battalion in Galt

United Kingdom. A Queen’s South Africa Medal, to Pte. Bartlett, Cape Colony Cycle Corps GTRexclude receiving on the same dayA Queens South Africa Medal. Instituted 1899. In silver, rim officially impressed 35270 PTE S. P. BARTLETT C. C. C. C. with CAPE COLONY clasp, lovely patina, small contact marks and edge bruises, remains very fine. Footnote: The Cape Colony Cycle Corps was a volunteer mounted infantry unit formed in 1899 from civilian cyclists in the Cape Colony during the Second Boer War. Initially employed for dispatch riding, reconnaissance, and communications