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

№ 932

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£340

Pair: Private R. G. Botha, Cape Mounted Rifles

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3457 Pte., Cape. M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3457 Pte., Cape M.R.) very fine or better (2) £250-300

R. G. Botha was severely wounded near Cradock, in the Eastern Cape, on 27 April 1901 in a skirmish with the Boer commandos who dominated the surrounding area.