Auction Catalogue

26 January 2022

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Lot

№ 149

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26 January 2022

Hammer Price:
£500

Three: Sergeant C. G. Rosenstein, South African Aviation Corps, later South African Service Corps

1914-15 Star (Pte. C. G. Rosenstein S.A. Aviatn. C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. C. G. Rosenstein. S.A.S.C.) BWM re-impressed, otherwise very fine and vary rare (3) £240-£280

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2003.

Charles Geoffrey Rosenstein, a native of Johannesburg, served during the Great War in the South African Aviation Corps, and subsequently in the Motor Transport Section of the South African Service Corps.

The South African Aviation Corps comprised just 17 officers and 121 other ranks, and served in German South West Africa from March to July 1915.

Sold with copied service papers.