Lot Archive

Lot

№ 175

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£580

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (9449 Pte. J. Steere, Scots Gds.) with forwarding letter and Registered packet addressed to his next of kin, extremely fine £250-300

Killed in action at Slapkranz on 28 July 1900, while serving with the 2nd Battalion. He was the only man killed in this action but the regiment had one officer and seven men wounded.