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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 656

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Four: Private A. E. Piper, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, late Northampton Regiment

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4972 Pte. A. Piper, 2nd. Northampton Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4972 Pte. E. Piper. Northampton Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (477728 Pte. A. E. Piper. R.C.R.), note initials, light contact marks, very fine

1939-45 Star; War and Defence Medals 1939-45, unnamed as issued, in O.H.M.S. box of issue addressed to 'D. A. H. Piper, 112, Risborough Lane, Folkestone, Kent, good very fine (7)


Albert Edward Piper was born on 6 March 1878 at Sudbury, Suffolk, the son of John and Mary Ann Piper. A labourer by trade, he served with the Northampton Regiment for 12 years, including service during the Boer War; sold with copied C.E.F. attestation papers.

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£180