Four: Private G.G. Pack, Devonshire Regiment, Queen's South Africa, three clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5718 Pte., Devon R.); King's South Africa, two clasps (5718 Pte., Devon Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (19130 Pte., Devon R.), polished, generally very fine (4)

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Four: Private G.G. Pack, Devonshire Regiment, Queen's South Africa, three clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5718 Pte., Devon R.); King's South Africa, two clasps (5718 Pte., Devon Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (19130 Pte., Devon R.), polished, generally very fine (4)

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Sold with the recipient's Certificates of Discharge for the Boer War and Great War.

Private Gilbert George Pack originally enlisted in the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in February 1897. Following his verified services in the Boer War, he was discharged in February 1903, but re-enlisted in his old Regiment in July 1915 and finished the War attached to the 2nd Company, Labour Corps. Pack was discharged in April 1919.