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13 December 2012

Hammer Price:
£330

Pair: Drummer J. A. Maslin, Grenadier Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (4496 Dmr., Gren. Gds.) slack suspension; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4496 Dmr., Grenadier Guards) edge bruising and contact marks, fine (2) £120-160

Jessie Alexander Maslin was born in Slough. A Tailor by occupation, he attested for the Grenadier Guards at Whitehall on 14 September 1893, aged 14 years. In March 1895 he was appointed a Drummer. With the Guards he served in Gibraltar, September-October 1899 and South Africa, October 1899-October 1902. Maslin was discharged on 13 September 1905.

With copied service papers.