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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 669

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3282 Pte. J.J. Cronin. Cape M.R.), good very fine

3282 Private J.J. Cronin, served during the Boer War with the Cape Mounted Rifles; severely wounded during the Baattle of Wepener, 9-24.4.1900. The Cape Mounted Rifles bore the brunt of the enemy attack during the siege of Wepener, suffering 21 killed and 75 wounded out of total British casualties of 33 killed and 133 wounded.

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