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21 May 2020

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Lot

№ 511

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£2,800

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877 (Tpr. D. McKay. Fort White M. Vol:) toned, very fine and rare £2,400-£2,800

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2002.

Confirmed on the roll as being entitled to, and issued with, this rare clasp. The rolls record 167 names as being entitled but many were returned to the mint unclaimed, leaving only 102 medals actually issued with the 1877 clasp, including 10 to the Fort White Mounted Volunteers.