Auction Catalogue

21 September 2001

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

№ 665

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£95

Mafeking Commemorative Medallion, struck in silver, 45mm, by Spink & Son, obverse with portrait of Baden Powell, inscribed ‘Baden Powell’, reverse with military scene, inscribed ‘Mafeking 1899-1900’, in original fitted case, together with a handwritten letter which states ‘Clearing out drawers in the drawing room I found ‘H’s’ medal given by Baden Powell on his return from Mafeking to Charterhouse. ‘H’ won it shooting...’; together with an erased Anglo Boer War Medal 1899-1902, good very fine (2) £60-80