Lot Archive

Lot

№ 587

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£340

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (144620 A.B. S. White, H.M.S. Terrible) officially engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £250-300

Served with Lieutenant Wilde’s unit of two 12-pounder guns as a member of the crew of No. 1 gun, with Petty Officer Metcalfe as Captain of Gun.