Special Collections

Sold between 15 & 15 December 2000

7 parts

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Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop

Peter Wardrop

Lot

№ 2

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15 December 2000

Hammer Price:
£150

India General Service 1854-95, Lushai 1889-92 (8149 Pte. J. Cooper, 4/K.R.R.C.) naming correctly engraved in running script but in a slightly later style, contact marks and edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine and scarce £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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Private Cooper was on board the Warren Hastings when it was shipwrecked off the coast of Africa and probably lost his original I.G.S. on this occasion. He also served in the Boer War of 1899-1902 and is entitled to the Q.S.A. with clasps for Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith and Tugela Heights.