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6 & 7 December 2017

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№ 490

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6 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£130

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (3154. Sh: Sth. G. Swan. 6/Drgn Gds.) edge bruising, good very fine £140-180

George Swan was born in St. Giles’, London, and attested for the ‘Corps of Dragoons of the Line’ in London on 6 June 1893. He joined the 6th Dragoons in Edinburgh, and was appointed Shoeing Smith on 1 November 1898. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 November 1899 until 5 March 1901 (also entitled to the South Africa 1901 clasp), transferring to the Army Reserve on 31 December 1902. He was discharged on 5 June 1905, after 12 years’ service.