Auction Catalogue

21 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 697

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21 September 2007

Hammer Price:
£190

Four: Acting Serjeant A. Basham, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (29438 Dr., 62 B., R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (54649 Dvr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (54649 A. Sjt., R.A.) first and third with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £100-140

The 62nd Field battery R.F.A. marched 32 miles in eight hours to bring their guns into play athe battle of Modder River.