Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Trumpeter G. Pittman, 6th Dragoons

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (2834 Trumptr., 6/Drgn. Gds.), surname spelt ‘Pitman’; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2834 Tptr., 6th Drgn. Gds.), light contact marks, one or two edge bruises and somewhat polished, otherwise generally about very fine (2) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to Trumpeters from the Collection of Roderick Cassidy.

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Pittman was slightly wounded near Carolina on 17 October 1900, following the heavy fighting in that area on the previous day; see Yardley’s With The Inniskilling Dragoons During The Boer War 1899-1902 for full details.