Auction Catalogue

22 September 2006

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

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

Lot

№ 876

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22 September 2006

Hammer Price:
£820

Three: Private P. Carroll, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), 6 clasps, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (5441 Pte., Rl. Dublin Fus.) type 1a rev. Britannia’s wreath by letter ‘R’ in ‘Africa’; another Q.S.A. medal as previous but with type 2 rev. Britannia’s wreath by letter ‘F’; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5441 Pte., Rl. Dublin Fus.) good very fine, a unique clasp combination (3) £600-800

Ex Charles Lovell Collection 1977-78.

Sold with copied extract from rolls confirming clasps. The ‘Modder River’ clasp is
unique to the regiment; other clasps also scarce - Relief of Kimberley (32), Paardeberg (35), Driefontein (36), Johannesburg (30), Diamond Hill (29).