Auction Catalogue

21 May 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 180

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£260

Pair: Sergeant A. Smith, Border Scouts, late Kitchener’s Horse and Warren’s Mounted Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4110 Tpr: A. Smith. Kitchener’s Horse) officially re-impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (570 Serjt: A. Smith. Border Scouts.) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £100-£140

Arthur Smith served during the Boer War in Kitchener’s Horse (discharged 18 December 1900); Warren’s Mounted Infantry (discharged 13 April 1901); and the Border Scouts.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Note: The recipient’s QSA was issued to him on 14 July 1904; given the delay in the award, and the fact that it had to be cross-referenced against a number of different units, it is probable that, rather than preparing and striking a fresh medal, the Mint utilised one from their mountain of returns, thus accounting for the fact Smith’s QSA is officially re-impressed.