Auction Catalogue

29 November 1996

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 277

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29 November 1996

Estimate: £450–£550

Seven: Corporal G. H. Garrett, South African Mounted Rifles, late Cape Police
Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte., C. Pol.) official correction to unit; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State (368 Pte., Cape Police); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Pte., C.P. Dist 2); 1914-15 Star Trio with bi-lingual Victory (Cpl., 5th S.A.M.R.); Permanent Forces L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (No 1882 Cpl., 5th Rgt. S.A.M.R.) generally very fine or better (7)

Sold with copies of official service papers which include a considerable amount of correspondence from the recipient in his efforts to obtain his long service medal.