Auction Catalogue

13 September 2023

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Lot

№ 204

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13 September 2023

Hammer Price:
£180

Pair: Private C. Price, Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (5662 Pte. C. Price. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5662 Pte. C. Price. Oxford: L.I.) edge knocks, severe contact marks, otherwise good fine (2) £160-£200

C. Price was born around 1879. He attested into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1897 and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. Transferring to the Army Reserve in 1904, he was finally discharged after twelve years’ service in 1909.