Auction Catalogue

18 September 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Forte Crest Bloomsbury Hotel  Coram Street  London  WC1N 1HT

Lot

№ 106

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18 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£220

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4528 Pte. F. Drummond, 18/Hrs.), nearly extremely fine £140-180

Private Francis Drummond a native of Edinburgh enlisted into the 18th Hussars December 1895 at the age of nineteen. Sold with copied service papers confirming medal and clasp entitlement.