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

№ 1002

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£800

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr: W. Martindale. “Central News”) good very fine £800-1000

Mr W. Martindale, a war correspondent for the Central News, is known to have suffered and recovered from enteric fever whilst covering events during the war in South Africa. Sold with copied rolls of the various Boer War correspondents, detailing 149 recipients representing some 47 newspapers and journals, including 4 from the Central News.