Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1030

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£440

Five: Sergeant A. Urquhart, Royal Artillery, afterwards Rhodesian Special Constabulary

British War Medal 1914-20
(177103 Sgt., R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (177103 Sjt., R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (600363 Sgt., R.F.A.); Southern Rhodesia Medal for War Service 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Alexander Urquhart), the earlier awards with contact marks and polished, thus nearly very fine, the last two very fine and better, and a particularly rare combination of awards (5) £400-500

Alexander Urquhart served in the British South Africa Police Reserve as a Constable from February 1941 until November 1949, thereby qualifying for his Southern Rhodesia Medal for War Service 1939-45, in addition to the Special Constabulary L.S. Medal.