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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 45

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between State and date clasps (2830 Pte. J. Robertson. A. & S. Highrs:), edge bruising, nearly very fine

2313 Private John Robertson, born Paisley, Renfrewshire, 1868; enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders, December 1886; deserted, December 1887; enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander as 2830 Private John Scott, March 1888; convicted of fraudulent enlistment and sentenced to 56 days' imprisonment, July 1888; served with the Regiment in South Africa and wounded at Modder River, 28.11.1899 (Boer War casualty roll refers) and/or at Magersfontein, 10-12.12.1899 (Service papers refer); discharged, 25.7.1901, after 13 years and 231 days' service.

Provenance: Taylor Collection, Christie, November 1990

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