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Auction 30  18-20 Jan 2018
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Lot 1251

Starting price: 90 USD
Price realized: 120 USD
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GREAT BRITAIN: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR medal, King's South Africa Medal issued in 1902, two campaign bars SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902, with new ribbon, awarded to 128 PTE J. CARVILLE. RL: IRISH FUS:, EF. The Queen's South Africa Medal is a British campaign medal which was awarded to British and Colonial military personnel, civilians employed in official capacity and war correspondents who served in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Altogether twenty-six clasps were awarded to recipients of the Queen's South Africa Medal, to indicate particular actions and campaigns of the Second Boer War. During the Second Boer War, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Grenadier Guards were deployed to South Africa where they took part in a number of battles including the Battle of Modder River and the Battle of Belmont, as well as a number of smaller actions. Carville served in the 1st Battalion of The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's).

Estimate: 100-150 USD
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