The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals

Three: Private C. E. King, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, late Cape Mounted Rifles

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1726 Pte. C. E. King, Cape M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1726 Pte. C.E. King, Cape M.R.); Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1726 Pte. C. E. King, Cape M.R.), very fine or better and rare (3) £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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Recipient also entitled to the “Orange Free State” clasp for his services in Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, while the award of his L.S. & G.C. Medal was announced in the Cape of Good Hope Gazette of 23 February 1906.