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A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals for the Defence of Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking

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№ 652

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16 July 2020

Hammer Price:
£190

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith (20561 Gnr. E. Driver. 67th. Bty., R.F.A.) recipient’s first initial obliterated, edge bruising and traces of acid cleaning, nearly very fine £100-£140

R. E. Driver attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with the 67th Battery in South Africa during the Boer War. He died of dysentery at Ladysmith on 1 March 1900.