Auction Catalogue

6 & 7 December 2017

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Lot

№ 963

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7 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£300

Pair: Private W. Mitchell, Highland Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3214 Pte. W. Mitchell, 1. High: Lt. Inft.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3214 Pte. W. Mitchell. Highland L.I.) number, rank, and initial officially re-impressed on KSA, minor scratch to obverse field of first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £300-400

W. Mitchell attested for the Highland Light Infantry in 1892, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, where he was wounded at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899. He was discharged on 17 February 1902.