Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1300

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27 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£720

Pair: Captain W. J. J. Warneford, Kaffrarian Levies, late Commissariat and Transport Staff

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Deputy Commissary, Commst. & Trans. St.); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Capt., Kaffrn. Levies) toned, good very fine (2) £400-500

Only 9 clasps for ‘1877-8-9’ to the Commissariat and Transport Staff, and only 3 Cape General Service medals issued to the Kaffrarian Levies.

William John Jortin Warneford joined the Army on 16 April 1861. He was promoted to Deputy Commissary in February 1870, and served during the Zulu War as Senior Commissary Officer at Greytown, Natal.