Auction Catalogue

30 June 1998

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 415

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30 June 1998

Hammer Price:
£330

Pair: Lieutenant S. A. Callaghan, Nesbitt’s Horse
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (Lieut., Nesbitt’s Horse); King’s South Africa, no clasps (Lieut., Nesbitt’s H.) nearly extremely fine (2) £150-200

Mentioned in Lord Kitchener’s Despatch, 8th December 1901: ‘Lieut. S. A. Callaghan, Nesbitt’s Horse, by coolness and good dispositions repulsed enemy’s attack at Ganna Hoek, Cape Colony, 21st September.’ See also Lot 53 for the medal awarded to his father.