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South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (50th. Bde. 733 Pte. J. Strathdee. 57th. Foot.) edge bruise, good very fine £500-£700
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, June 1972.
J. Strathdee was born in 1858 and attested for the 50th Brigade (which comprised the 57th and 77th Regiments of Foot) at Woolwich on 28 January 1877. He joined the 57th Foot in Ceylon in November 1877, and served with them in South Africa during the Zulu War from 20 February 1879, dying of enteric fever at Durban on 19 May 1879.
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