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8 September 2015

Hammer Price:
£500

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Pte. K. Rensberg, Stockenstrom R. Vols.), good very fine £360-380

19 South Africa Medals were awarded to the Stockenstroom Rifle Volunteers, all of them with the clasp for ‘1877-8-9’.

Two members of the unit were killed in action, the first of them at Morosi’s Stronghold on 16 August 1879 and the second at Muntyao’s Cave on 30 August 1879.