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

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№ 654

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16 July 2020

Hammer Price:
£240

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (96350 Bomb. Cr. Mr. F. Leigh, R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £140-£180

F. Leigh attested for the Royal Field Artillery, and served as a Bombardier Collarmaker with the Ammunition Column in South Africa during the Boer War. He died of enteric fever at Ladysmith on 10 March 1900.