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20 August 2020

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The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 467

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20 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£320

Pair: Private F. J. E. Carter, 2nd City of London Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Staff Sergeant, Royal Army Medical Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (743 Pte. F. Carter, C.I.V.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (459 S. Sjt: F. J. E. Carter. 2/ London G. H. R.A.M.C.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine (2) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Frederick Carter was born in 1879. A warehouseman by occupation, he joined the 2nd City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1898, and served in South Africa with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. Later, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, he gained promotion to Staff Sergeant and served at the Second London General Hospital.