Auction Catalogue

26 March 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 627

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26 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£270

Pair: Lieutenant G. V. Webster, 18th Hussars

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (Lieut. 18/Hrs.) first clasp a copy; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt. 18/Hrs.) good very fine (2) £240-280

Gerald Vere Webster was born on 6 December 1879, the son of R. G. W. Webster, M.P. Educated at Eton. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 18th Hussars from the Militia on 28 October 1899. Promoted to Lieutenant on 3 October 1900. Sold with copied roll extract showing entitlement to the above medals and clasps except ‘Cape Colony’.