Victorian Boer War Campaign Medal Pair to the Rifle Brigade, Queens South Africa medal with 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek and Belfast, impressed naming, ‘343 PTE E SLATTER RIFLE BDE’, possible correction to service number, Kings South Africa medal with clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, ‘343 PTE E SLATTER RIFLE BRIGADE’, medals with contact marks. Lot also includes a South Africa 1900 gift tin, the base of the tin lightly engraved in a crude manner, ‘No.343 PTE ERNEST SLATTER, RIFLE BRIGADE K**** HILL, RECEIVED AT COLENSO, FEBRUARY 19TH 1900, NATAL’, part of inscription not legible, marked as ****. 21-year-old Ernest Slatter from Steventon in Berkshire attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 12th November 1889. He saw service in East India, Hong Kong and Singapore before being transferred to the Reserve on 27th December 1897. Recalled for service on 13th November 1899 he served in South Africa for 2 years and 250 days before his discharge on 20th August 1902. He confirmed on the medal rolls for the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade and was awarded the Queens medal with these 4 clasps and the Kings medal with 2 clasps.