Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 366 x

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17 September 2010

Estimate: £100–£120

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (29606 Pte. J. E. Smith, Rand Rifles), loose suspension bar, edge bruising and somewhat polished, otherwise nearly very fine £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Kieran Collection.

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J. Edward Smith, who was originally from Newcastle-on-Tyne and by trade an engine driver, enlisted in the Rand Rifles at Cape Town in January 1901, and was posted to the Mine Guard of the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Limited (T.N.A. WO 126/114 refers).