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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 374

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4870 Pte. M. Owens. 17th Lancers.), unofficial rivets between State and date clasps, edge bruising, good very fine

4870 Private M. Owens, served with the 17th Lancers during the Second Boer War, and was severely wounded near Tarkastad, 17.9.1901. On that day the Battle of Elands River was fought, during which a force of 130 men of the 17th Lancers under the command of Captain Sandeman engaged 250 Boers; British casualties amounted to 29 killed and 41 wounded.

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