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9 & 10 May 2018

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Lot

№ 1137

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10 May 2018

Hammer Price:
£340

Pair: Private H. Connor, Essex Regiment, wounded at Driefontein, 10 March 1900

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (5720 Pte. H. Connor, 1st. Essex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (4552 Pte. H. Connor. Essex Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, fine, single clasp to the KSA scarce (2) £180-220

H. Connor served as 5720 Private with the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and was wounded at Driefontein on 10 March 1900. Invalided home, he subsequently served as 4552 Private with the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment in South Africa in 1902.

Sold with copied medal roll which confirms the award of a single clasp K.S.A.