Special Collections

Sold on 2 April 2004

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A Selection of Medals from the Collection of the Late Noel Morris

Noel Morris

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№ 377

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£380

Pair: Nursing Sister A. J. Wylie, Civil Nursing Service, who served at Kimberley Civil Hospital throughout the siege

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902
, no clasp (Nursing Sister); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister), together with a small bronze crucifix and two badges, one of the latter being for Mount Allison’s Ladies College, the King’s South Africa officially renamed, good very fine (5) £200-250

Mrs. A. J. Wylie was one of 53 female nursing staff to serve in the Kimberley Civil Hospital during the siege, and she appears to have been posted on attachment to the Military Nursing Staff from mid-march 1900.