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Lot

№ 305

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4 December 1991

Hammer Price:
£680

A Jameson Raid pair to Captain Edward Allen Wood, South AfricanConstabulary, late Matabeleland Relief Force

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia1896 (Lieut., M.R.F.); QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (Capt., S.A.C.), mounted court style for display, light contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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Captain Edward Allen Wood rode in the Jameson Raid in the Bechuanaland Border Police column under the command of Lieut-Colonel Raleigh Grey, 6th Dragoons. He served with the Matabeleland Relief Force during the rebellion in 1896, and was present at the relief of Mafeking with the South African Constabulary.