Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. Including a superb collection of medals to the King’s German Legion, Police Medals from the Collection of John Tamplin and a small collection of medals to the Irish Guards

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (No. 457 Pioneer Sjt. J. H. Krause, 6th Infy.), together with related Cape Town Highlanders’ Shooting Medals (2), in gold and enamel (named and dated 1924-25), and silver and enamel (named and dated 1925-26) the first with contact marks and polished, otherwise very fine, the last two good very fine or better (3) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to The Gordon Highlanders and Associated Units from the Collection of A.J. Henderson.

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The Cape Town Highlanders became part of the 6th Infantry Battalion just before the outbreak of the Great War, and were later to become the 4th South African Infantry Battalion.