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

№ 279

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18 September 1998

Estimate: £250–£350

A rare Australian Boer War tribute brooch, gold and enamels, the obverse with enamelled portrait of a running stag, surrounded by initials ‘U. B. C. and A.O.F., reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Bro. W. M. Sutherland by Court 6507 A.O.F. on his return from Boer War, South Africa, Jan. 1901’, with pin fitting, minor enamel damage, good very fine £250-350

A.O.F.=Ancient Order of Forresters
This piece is not recorded in Boer War Tribute Medals, by M. G. Hibbard.