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Lot

№ 403

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27 September 2017

Hammer Price:
£700

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (629 Pte. C. F. Snaith, Impl: Lt. Infy.) extremely fine £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards for the Boer War formed by Doug Jenkins.

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C. F. Snaith was killed in action at Spion Kop on 24 January 1900. The regiment had two officers and nine men killed in this action. A further 19 men reported as missing were mostly later found to have been killed.