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№ 263

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11 September 2024

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Private J. McLaren, Seaforth Highlanders

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1659 Pte. J. Mc’Laren. 2: Sea; Highrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1659 Pte. J. McLaren. Seaforth Highrs:) contact marks, very fine (2) £160-£200

James McLaren attested into the Seaforth Highlanders and served in South Africa with the 1st Battalion during the Boer War.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts confirming clasp entitlement. The recipient is additionally entitled to an Indian General Service Medal 1854-95 with clasp ‘Hazara 1891’.