Auction Catalogue

1 December 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 738

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1 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Gunner W. Stone, 68th Battery, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6561 Gnr. W. Stone, 68th Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6561 Gnr: W. Stone, R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £180-220

Taken prisoner at Dewetsdorp on 23 November 1900, in the attack by De Wet on the town named after his father. The battery’s two guns were both captured.