British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (Lieut. H. Tulloch, U.V.), suspension claw refixed, edge nick, otherwise very fine £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British South Africa Company 1890-97 Medals.

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Hugh Tulloch, who was born in Islington, London in February 1855, served as a Lieutenant in the Umtali Volunteer Corps in the 1896 and 1897 Rebellions, and, according to his Medal application form, latterly in the rank of Captain & Paymaster. He was a very keen sportsman and the cousin of well-known 1890 Pioneer “Sandy” Tulloch. He died at Umtali Hospital in December 1906, aged 51 years; sold with brief research.