The Massie Collection of Medals to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

South Africa 1834-53 (Serjt. A. Leitch, 91st Regt.) very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Massie Collection of Medals to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

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Alexander Leitch was born in Kirkaldy, Fife, and attested for the 91st Foot at Dundee on 30 August 1838. He served in the Cape of Good Hope for a total of thirteen and a half years and ‘is in possession of a medal for the Kaffir War, 1846 & 1847, 1850, ‘52 & 1853.’