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Lot

№ 193 x

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£550

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal (271 Serjt. A. A. Apps, Imp. Lt. Horse) unit officially corrected, good very fine £400-450

Alfred Albert Apps attested for the Imperial Light Horse on 25 September 1899, having previously served for 11 years in the 7th Hussars and then in the Durban Borough Police. Sergeant Apps was wounded at Lancers Nek on 3 November 1899 and was discharged on 15 November 1900. Clasps confirmed; approximately 184 medals issued with the ‘Relief of Mafeking, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith’ combination. Sold with some copied research.