Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 669

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£65

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (Civ. Surg. D. P. Duir), last three clasps loose on ribbon, second with damaged carriage, officially renamed, very fine £50-70

D. P. Duir, M.A. Aberdeen 1873, M.B.C.M. Aberdeen 1876, M.D. 1878, sometime Consultant Surgeon at Johannesburg Hospital and Resident Surgeon Kimberley Hospital. During the Boer War, served in No. 2 General Hospital. Extract from roll indicates he was later issued a duplicate medal with Transvaal clasp.