Lot Archive

Lot

№ 909

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Pair: Lieutenant A. F. Redfern, 7th Goorkha Rifles, late Devon Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut. A. F. Redfern, Devon Rgt.); Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Lieutt. A. F. Redfern, 7th Goorkha Rifles) official correction to last two letters of surname, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £600-700

Lieutenant Alan Faulkner Redfern was first commissioned in August 1900 and served with the Devon Regiment in South Africa (Despatches London Gazette 7 May 1901). He joined the Indian Army in February 1903, was posted to the 7th Goorkha Rifles and served with them in Tibet.