Auction Catalogue

4 July 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Miniature Medals

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

Lot

№ 181

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£130

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (7145 Gnr. F. Morris, 1st Nthld. Vol. Arty.) edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £60-70

1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery manned guns, donated by Lady Meux, which had been built in the Vickers works at Elswick, giving rise to their popular nickname “The Elswick Battery”.