Auction Catalogue

15 February 2023

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№ 387

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15 February 2023

Hammer Price:
£160

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (2239 Gr. F. Chessell. Hants: & I. of W. R.G.A.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-£140

Frank Chessell was born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, in 1878 and attested for the Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery at Sandown on 13 March 1901. He was embodied for service during the Boer War on 1 May 1901, and transferred to the Special Reserve on 24 May 1908.

Sold with copied service papers.