Pre-WW1 British KSA King's South Africa Medal Hospital Sergeant Major

Pre-WW1 British KSA King's South Africa Medal with 2 bars, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, correctly named to 288, H. SERJT. MAJ. J.A. McCLELLAN BORDER, M.R. (Hospital Sergeant Major, Border Mountain Rifles) A volunteer Force involved in the Siege Of Ladysmith.  Replacement ribbon. SKU: 65865

The rank of Hospital Sergeant Major was a highly responsible medical administrative rank within the regiment. He would have been the senior NCO in charge of managing the unit' field hospital, medical supplies, orderlies, and casualty documentation under the regiment's medical officer.