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19 June 2024

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№ 22

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19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£700

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878 (1888. Pte. T. Young. 80th. Foot.) very fine £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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Thomas Young is confirmed on the South Africa Medal roll as entitled to Medal and clasp for 1878. According to The South African Campaign of 1879, the 80th Regiment of Foot ‘performed distinguished service in the first Sekukuni campaign.