Auction Catalogue

5 & 6 December 2018

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 477

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5 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£130

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1117 Pte. J. Downey, R: Lanc: Regt.) officially re-impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

J. Downey served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and died of wounds at Paardekop on 23 August 1900. An employee of the Midland Railway Company, he is commemorated on the Company’s Memorial at Derby.