South Africa 1834-53 (P. Klass. Cape Md. Riflemen) suspension claw tightened, heavy edge bruising, nearly very fine £260-£300

Piet Klass was born in Kaffirland and attested for the Cape Mounted Rifleman on 9 November 1849, being one of the original ‘coloured’ members of the Cape Mounted Rifleman when it was an imperial force. He stayed loyal through the Kat River rebellion of 1851, and spent almost all of the Third Kaffir War ‘in the field’. He was discharged in 1862 after 13 years’ service.

Sold with typed transcript of the recipient’s relevant entries on the various muster lists.