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26 July 2023

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Lot

№ 346

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26 July 2023

Hammer Price:
£600

Pair: Corporal D. McKenzie, Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (2675 Lce. Corpl. D. Mc.Kenzie 2d. Bn. Seaforth Highlrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2675 Corl. D. Mc’Kenzie, 2: Sea: Highrs:) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £300-£400

Donald McKenzie served with the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, in South Africa during the Boer War, and was wounded at the battle of Magersfontein on 11 December 1899, on which date the Battalion suffered 5 officers and 53 other ranks killed or mortally wounded; and 7 officers and 135 other ranks wounded.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.