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20 August 2020

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The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 328

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20 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£170

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902, first, third, and fourth clasps tailor’s copies (Lieut. R. N. Lefroy. Midd’x. Rgt:) toned, extremely fine £160-£200

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

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Provenance: J. B. Hayward, April 1969.

Robert Napier Lefroy was born on 7 December 1881 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 18 January 1902. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War in the Transvaal from 21 April to 31 May 1902, and was promoted Lieutenant on 14 April 1904. He died in Leamington Spa on 14 November 1904.