Auction Catalogue

22 September 2000

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 286

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22 September 2000

Hammer Price:
£150

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (35282 Serjt. A. E. George, C.C.C.C.) sold with original photograph of Private George and a bronze Championship Medal of the South African Amateur Athletic and Cycling Association, inscribed ‘1909. 5 Miles Bicycle Race Championship. Third, Won by A. E. George’, good very fine (2) £80-100

Arthur Edward George was a Cycle Mechanic when he attested for the Cape Colony Cyclist Corps. It was noted on his Attestation Form that he ‘Supplies own bicycle’. Sold with relevant copies.