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№ 193

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17 May 2016

Hammer Price:
£2,200

Three: Captain Archibald Little, late Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard, who served as a Scout in the Bulawayo Field Force with the noted American F. R. Burnham in Rhodesia

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Corp. A. Little. P.A.V.G.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Scout A. Little. Staff. B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Captain A. Little.) the last with minor edge bruise, otherwise dark toned, extremely fine and rare (3) £800-1000

Only three scouts shown on the roll of the Staff B.F.F. for Rhodesia 1896, including Little and the American scout F. R. Burnham, author of Scouting on Two Continents.