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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 615

(x) Wellington Town Guard

Approximately 106 Medals were awarded to the unit in August 1905.

Pair: Captain T. A. Theron, Officer Commanding Wellington Town Guard

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Capt: T. A. Theron. Wellington T.G.); Jubilee 1897, silver, on original wearing pin, the first good very fine, the second with edge nicks and bruising, nearly very fine (2)

Thomas Arnoldus Theron was born about 1865, the son of David Cornelis Theron and his wife Maria Johanna Wilhemina Theron. Thomas married Sophia Stefina Hendrika Schoeman, a resident of Hartbeespoort, in 1886 and attested for the Wellington Rifle Volunteers (W.R.V.) around 1890.

Theron is recorded as a Lieutenant in the W.R.V. in 1892, before later going on to command 132 men of the Wellington Town Guard during the Boer War. A talented shot, he won a number of awards from the National Rifle Association and Wellington Rifle Association; sold with copied roll entry and four slides depicting officers of the W.R.V. and Wellington Town Guard, including Theron.

Also sold with a large silver National Rifle Association silver medallion engraved to edge 'T. Theron. 1891 E.D.R.A. - Score. 272.'; an 1880 South African Wimbledon Challenge Shield medallion, engraved to reverse, '1895 Wellington Rifle Assn. Score, 1002'; an 1880 South African Wimbledon Challenge Shield Medal, engraved to reverse, 'Wellington Team, 1881. P. A. Van Der Merwe, Captn., J. M. Woudberg., A. W. Louw., P. W. Leroux., H. C. Theron., T. Theron., S. Vercueil., and A. Vercueil.'; two silver South African Wimbledon Rifle Association Medals (T. Theron. W.R.A. Score 196; 1893. 2nd Prize Governors T. Theron. W.R.A. Score 276.), one bronze Medal of same type (1890. T. Theron. W.R.A. 3rd. Prize. Score 265.), each with wearing pins; miniature silver Short Range Military Weapon Match Medals (Well. R. Assn. Score 679; T. A. Theron.) (2); miniature silver Long Range Rifle Match Medal (S. A. Wimbledon 1886. Score 1565); and a South African Wimbledon 1897 fabric badge.


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Sold for
£270