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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£550

A Gold Half-Hunter Pocket Watch, reverse outer case ornately inscribed, ‘W.G.’; reverse inner case inscribed, ‘Presented to William Grant by Friends in Westcalder in recognition of his services in P.A.O. Cape Volunteer Artillery during the Boer War, February 19th 1901’, marked ‘14k’, total weight 79.70g., some jeweller’s marks, internal condition unknown, face ring loose, otherwise good condition £200-300

With copied roll extract for the Prince Alfred’s Own Cape Artillery showing 381 Gunner W. Grant’s entitlement to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for ‘Cape Colony’ and ‘Transvaal’. It also states ‘Permitted to resign P.A.O.C.A. 4th May 1901’.