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№ 247

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11 September 2024

Hammer Price:
£600

Three: Private G. C. Thomas, Devonshire Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, unofficial rivets between clasps (4155 Pte. G. E. [sic] Thomas. 1st. Bn. Devon: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4155 Pte. G. C. Thomas, Devon: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4155 Pte. G. C. Thomas. Devon: Regt.) light contact marks, good very fine (3) £600-£800

G. C. Thomas attested into the Devonshire Regiment and served in India with the 1st Battalion during the Punjab Frontier campaign of 1897-98. He further served in South Africa during the Boer War and was later discharged to the Army Reserve.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts confirming clasp entitlement, excluding the award of the Tirah 1897-98 clasp, which is not confirmed and sold accordingly.