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A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War

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№ 95

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18 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£170

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (29340 Pte. R. Dawson, 20th Coy. Imp. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War.

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Robert Dawson, a Farmer, enlisted at Cupar, Fife on 19 February 1901, aged 23 years. He served in the 20th Company 6th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (Fife & Forfar Light Horse) in South Africa, March 1901-February 1902. He was discharged at Shorncliff on 14 March 1902 being medically unfit for further service (hearing impaired). With copied service notes.