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№ 1314

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26 June 2014

Hammer Price:
£220

Pair: Private H. Mabberly, Royal Berkshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5554 Pte. H. Mabberly. Rl: Berks: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5554 Pte. H. Mabberly. Rl: Berks: Regt.) together with Queen Mary Christmas tin 1914, contact marks, good fine (2) £200-250

Sold with original ‘Character Certificate’, dated 14 April 1916, which confirms ‘bullet wound right leg (slight) in action at Dalmanutha, South Africa’ [date of action 8 January 1901]. Mabberly served in France from 30 September 1914 and was wounded by a shell explosion at Ypres on 21 November 1914, ultimately causing his discharge at Reading on 14 April 1916. With copied discharge papers.