Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 202

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£410

Pair: Captain N. Johnstone, Johannesburg Mounted Rifles

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Wittebergen, Belfast (Capt., Joh’burg. M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., Joh’burg. M.R.) some contact marks, very fine; ‘Wepener’ rare to unit (2)
£500-600

One of two men of the unit to be listed in the published ‘Wepener’ roll. Johnstone also served as a Lieutenant in the Kaffrarian Rifles and Brabant’s Horse.