Auction Catalogue

13 December 2007

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 362

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£130

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Tpr. J. W. Smith, Damant’s Horse) very fine £80-100

John William Smith was born in Armidale, N.S.W., Australia. A Station Overseer by occupation, he attested for Rimington’s Guides at Durban on 23 September 1901, aged 26 years. He was discharged ‘time expired’ from Damant’s Horse on 25 March 1902. Sold with copied service papers.