Lot Archive

Lot

№ 469

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22 June 1999

Hammer Price:
£85

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, S.A. 1901 (69571 Bomb. A. J. Lamb, R.F.A.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Robert Lamb.

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Alfred John Lamb was a native of Boughton, near Maidstone, Kent, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Rochester in November 1888. He served in South Africa as a Bombardier with the 7th Divisional Ammunition Column and with B Section, 1 Depot R.F.A. He returned to the U.K. in November 1901 and was discharged the following month.