Auction Catalogue

27 & 28 June 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 203

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28 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£530

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (4015 Pte. W. Lamb, 12 R. Lancers) ‘Diamond Hill’ clasp is a tailor’s copy, unofficial connections between most clasps, in case; with a Half Hunter Pocket Watch, with silver casing, hallmarks for Chester 1896, internal workings by Enoch Siltberg, York, casing inscribed, ‘To W. L. Lamb by the People of Bilton, May 1901, in remembrance of South Africa’, condition of internal workings unknown; medal with edge bruise, very fine (2)
£220-280

With copied roll extracts which confirm that Private W. Lamb, 12th Lancers was entitled to the Queen’s medal with clasps for ‘Relief of Kimberley’, ‘Paardeberg’, ‘Johannesburg’ and ‘South Africa 1901’.