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

№ 437

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£2,600

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (293 Pte. J. H. Meredith, 1/24th Foot) single edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200

John H. Meredith enlisted at Manchester, Lancashire on 17 June 1874, aged 19 years. He was killed in action at Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879.

According to
The Noble 24th, by Norman Holme he was entitled to the clasp with date for 1879.