Auction Catalogue

23 September 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 273 x

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23 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£350

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (83236 Dvr. W. Vasey, 63rd Bty. R.F.A.) edge bruising and polished good fine £340-380

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Boer War Medals to the Royal Artillery.

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All 63rd Battery’s guns and horses were lost when H.M.S. Ismore went down in St. Helena’s Bay. Subsequently re-equipped, the Battery went on to participate in the actions at Spion Kop and Val Krantz.