Auction Catalogue

8 December 2016

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 277 x

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8 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£220

Three: Lieutenant C. H. A. Grierson, East African Transport Corps
1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. H. A. Grierson. E. Afr. T.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. H. A. Grierson.) very fine

Pair:
Private J. D. Murphy, South African Irish Regiment
1914-15 Star (Pte. J. D. Murphy S.A. Irish Rgt.); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Pte. J. D. Murphy. 6th. S.A.H.) very fine

Pair:
Private Nakwanje, King’s African Rifles
British War and Victory Medals (4438 Pte. Nakwanje 1/K A R) light contact marks, nearly very fine

Pair:
Gunner L. E. Clark, South African Horse Artillery
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Gnr. L. E. Clark. S.A.H.A.) together with a XXII Corps Horse Artillery Cross Country Prize Medal, silver, the obverse engraved ‘Mons 1919’, the reverse engraved ‘S.I.G.L. 2116 L. E. Clark. S.A.H.A.’, nearly very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (Cpl. C. J. Petersen 1st. C.C.) very fine (10) £100-140

Langford Edgar Clark was born at Stegusburg, Cape Colony, on 26 October 1898, and attested for the South African Horse Artillery at Potchefetroom on 3 January 1918. He served during the Great War in France from 18 September 1918.

Carl Julius Petersen was born in Kimberley, South Africa, in 1886 and attested for the Cape Corps at Simonstown on 22 December 1915. He embarked at Durban on 14 March 1916 and disembarked at Kilindini on 21 March 1916. He was severely wounded in action by a gun shot wound in the left foot in German East Africa on 30 December 1916, and was discharged at Cape Town on 23 March 1917.