Lot Archive

Lot

№ 960

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4 December 2001

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Private T. Maddox, 7th Dragoon Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902
, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4616 Pte., 7th Dragoon Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4616 Pte., 7th Drgn. Gds.) second with tightened suspension claw, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £80-100

T. Maddox died of smallpox in 1908 whilst serving with the 7th Dragoon Guards in Cairo. Sold with a detailed obituary copied from the regimental journal, which includes a photograph of Maddox in uniform.