Auction Catalogue

31 March 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 142

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£350

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (1821 Serjt. T. Orr, S. Lanc. Regt.) nearly extremely fine £280-320

Serjeant Theodore Orr, South Lancashire Regiment, was killed in action at Wynne Hill, 22 February 1900. Buried near to where he fell; after the war his remains and those of other fallen soldiers nearby were placed in a Garden of Remembrance at Onderbroekspruit. With some copied research.