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

№ 1038

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£290

Pair: Captain A. D. Kirkpatrick, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., Rl. Dub. Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Cpt., Rl. Dub. Fus.) one or two minor edge bruises, generally good very fine (2) £200-250

The Army List for January 1902 lists Alexander D. Kirkpatrick as a Captain in the 5th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, with seniority dating from November 1892. Presumably he was attached to the 1st or 2nd Battalion of the regiment during the Boer War.