Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 876

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£2,700

Pair: Captain E. H. Hobart, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Lt. & A/Insptr., 9/K.R.R.); Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (Captain, 9th K.R.R.C.), mounted on pad for display, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and rare (2) £800-1000

Captain Hobart, K.R.R.C., is several times mentioned in A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti by W. W. Claridge (Sold with copied extracts).