Of Boer War Interest, a wood model of a Boer Wagon, with a cloth hood, with metal clad wheels, 40cm high 51cm long Provenance: Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Porter (1851-1935), thence by descent. Porter became a surgeon in the Navy in 1877 and after service abroad joined the Scout, Mediterranean Station, from 1889 to 1892. He then served at Bermuda Dockyard. In 1896 he was Staff Surgeon in the Britannia and in 1897 went to the Doris, flagship at the Cape of Good Hope, and was promoted to Fleet Surgeon there in 1898. Between 1899 and 1900 Porter was Principal Medical Officer to the Naval Brigade in South Africa and afterwards received special promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. Condition Report: Old worn holes present. Cloth hood worn and with tears.