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№ 408

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6 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£380

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4392. Pte. J. Betteridge. Gren: Gds.) suspension claw tightened, nearly extremely fine £200-240

J. Betteridge served with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in South Africa during the Boer War, and was killed in action at Senekal on 29 May 1900, on which date the battalion suffered 130 casualties, including their Colonel.