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

№ 965

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£160

Pair: Private A. Cakebread, Northumberland Fusiliers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Driefontein (6229 Pte., North’d Fus.) the last clasp unofficially attached; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6229 Pte., North’d Fus.) mounted as worn, edge bruises and contact marks, therefore very fine (2) £120-150

A. Cakebread was wounded at Belmont on 23 November 1900 whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Sold with confirmation of entitlement to first four clasps only.