Auction Catalogue

28 June 2000

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 640

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28 June 2000

Hammer Price:
£530

Durham Boer War Tribute Medal, in silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, the obverse with applied arms of Durham, below which are two crossed rifles, the whole surrounded by a wreath. the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Pt. J. Wilson, 3rd D.L.I. for services in South Africa 1900-01‘, with single loop suspension, very fine £300-350

Refer Boer War Tribute Medals, by M.G. Hibbard, No. A12. This book states that the example illustrated in the book is the only example known to exist.