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8 & 9 May 2019

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Lot

№ 525

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8 May 2019

Hammer Price:
£170

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein, Paardeberg, unofficial retaining rods between clasps (77540 Dvr: H. Bull, R.H.A.) rim drilled at 6 o’clock, suspension re-affixed, the medal showing traces of having been held in a mount, therefore fine to nearly very fine £60-£80

Henry Bull was born in Shirley Common, Derbyshire, in 1871 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Longborough on 7 February 1890. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 23 November 1897, but was recalled to active service on 9 October 1899, and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 December 1899 to 4 July 1900. He was discharged on 31 July 1900, after 10 years and 175 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers which confirm all three clasps.