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Sold on 26 July 2023

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A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press

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№ 328

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26 July 2023

Hammer Price:
£550

St Andrew’s Ambulance Association medal for the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, South Africa 1900, silver and red enamel, named on the edge ‘James Miller’, fitted with small rings for suspension and silver ribbon buckle, very fine £160-£200

James Miller is confirmed as a Medical Student on the roll of the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital roll for the Q.S.A. with 2 clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State.

Sold with copied Q.S.A. roll and an unsourced note which states: ‘War in South Africa - Appointed Burgesses City of Glasgow. On 21 Feb 1901, James Miller of 93 Golfhill Terrace, Denniston, Glasgow, served with Scottish National Red Cross Hospital.’