Auction Catalogue

6 May 1992

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 380

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6 May 1992

Hammer Price:
£740

A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant Angus Chisholm, Lovat's Scouts Yeomanry

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R. (Corpl., Lovat's Scouts); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (850 Sjt., Lovat's Scts. Yeo.) contact marks, nearly very fine and scarce (2)

D.C.M., London Gazette, 26 June, 1902. Corporal Chisholm was mentioned in Lord Roberts' despatch dated 1 March, 1902. Only four D.C.M.'s were awarded to Lovat's Scouts during the Boer War.