Auction Catalogue

5 December 1995

Starting at 10:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Charing Cross Hotel  The Strand  London  WC2N 5HX

Lot

№ 24

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5 December 1995

Hammer Price:
£160

South Africa 1834-53 (W. Price, 45th Regt.) good very fine

William Price served with the Reserve battalion in the 2nd and 3rd Kaffir Wars. Both the 1st and Reserve battalions of the 45th Regiment saw active service on the frontier, but it was the latter who were more heavily engaged during 1846-7. After the battalions merged in 1850 the Reserve became the left wing and bore the brunt of the 45th work in Kaffraria during the 3rd War (Ref The South Africa 1853 Medal by G. R. Everson).