Special Collections

Sold on 30 March 2011

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A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers

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№ 96

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£120

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (Tpr. G. Heathfield, Gorringe’s F.C.) good very fine £100-140

Heathfield additionally served in the Uitenhage Town Guard and Thornton’s Horse. He was awarded his medal as a member of Gorringe’s Flying Column which operated in Cape Colony against numerous Boer Commandos, taking part in a fast moving game of cat and mouse.