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№ 196

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2 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£780

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (3676 Pte. J. Devlin. 1/R. Ir. Rif.) edge bruising and nicks, otherwise good very fine and rare £400-450

28 medals to the Royal Irish Rifles for the operations in Rhodesia 1896. Three of these men, including Devlin, served as troopers in the British South Africa Company‘s Police during the operations in Mashonaland in 1897.