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21 May 2020

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№ 579

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£700

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (247 Pte. J. Gow. Cape Police) edge bruise, polished, good very fine £500-£700

James Gow was born in London and arrived in South Africa in 1895. He attested for the Cape Police at Vryburg on 3 August 1896, aged 29, and was wounded during the Siege of Kimberly on 24 October 1899. He subsequently died of disease at Kimberly on 28 June 1901.

Sold with copied medal roll extract, casualty lists, and other research.