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Sold on 31 March 2010

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A Choice Collection of Medals and Other Items Relating to The Defence of Kimberley

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№ 530

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£2,000

An original 4.1-inch shell as used by “Long Cecil”, the howitzer manufactured by De Beers during the siege of Kimberley, with impressed ‘Comp. CJR’ inscription (for Compliments of Cecil J. Rhodes) and the base with raised legend “De Beers”, good condition £180-220