Auction Catalogue

4 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 226

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£190

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (7571 Pte. G. H. Moodie, Candn. Regt.) the riveted clasps loose on riband, minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-100

Sold with copied service record.

George Harold Moodie enlisted in the 2nd Special Service Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment at Ottawa in March 1900, aged 22 years, stating on his attestation papers former service in the 43rd Rifles. He was discharged in November 1900, after qualifying for the above listed clasps, and was still claiming a veteran’s allowance as late as 1945.