Auction Catalogue

28 & 29 March 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 754

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29 March 2012

Hammer Price:
£100

A Boer War tobacco tin, the lid decorated with a thistle on a yellow ground, and ‘Frae Scots tae Scots’, ‘For Auld Lang Syne’, and ‘South Africa 1900’, with an old card bearing the ink inscription, ‘Tobacco box with tobacco received by me at Bloemfontein, S. Africa, while serving with the 1st A. & S. Hrs. during the South African War. J. Buchan, Sergt., C Coy.’, lid decoration and gilt worn, otherwise in good condition and scarce £80-120