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Sold on 25 September 2019

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The John Nicholson Collection of medals to men who fought in the Kaffir Wars of 1834-53

John Nicholson

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№ 572

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25 September 2019

Hammer Price:
£170

South Africa 1834-53 (Snowden Davison. 2nd Regt.) edge buffed in unsuccessful attempt to remove naming, otherwise very fine £180-£220

Snowden Davison was born at Northallerton, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the 2nd Queen’s Regiment at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 25 August 1845, aged 18 years 7 months, a husbandman by trade. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope for 7 years 5 months, taking part in the Kaffir War in 1851-53. He was discharged at Chatham on 31 May 1859, in consequence of ‘chronic disease of the left knee.’ Sold with a 2nd Foot pewter tunic button salvaged from the wreck of the Birkenhead and some research.