Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17 May 2023
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A Queen's South Africa Medal to Private T.S....
A Queen's South Africa Medal to Private T.S. Curtis, 5th Lancers, first type (b), ghost dates, 4 clasps: Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4773. Pte. T. S. CURTIS. 5/Lcrs:), engraved in serif upper and lower case letters, some contact marking to edge and rims, scratches to obverse field and bust, otherwise near very fine.
(36.04mm diameter)
The collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.
Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 9th October 1946
Later claim made for a Cape Colony clasp (not extant). Also entitled to the King's South Africa Medal.
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