A Choice Collection of Medals and Other Items Relating to The Defence of Kimberley

Pair: Private L. Blackbeard, Beaconsfield Town Guard and the son of the local Mayor

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Pte. L. Blackbeard, Kimberley Town Gd.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, complete with suspension brooch, extremely fine (2)
£300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Choice Collection of Medals and Other Items Relating to The Defence of Kimberley.

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Lesley Blackbeard served under the immediate command of his father, Captain & Adjutant Charles Blackbeard, the Mayor of Beaconsfield - the unit’s Medals were all inscribed to the Kimberley Town Guard; also see Lot 516 for his father’s awards.