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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 687

(x) Griquatown Defence Corps

Family group:

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Pte. N. J. Scherman. Griquatown D.C.), very fine

Five: N. J. Scherman, South Africa Forces

1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, all officially named '145911 N. J. Scherman', very fine (6)

N. J. Scherman served with the Hay District Mounted Troop of the Griqualand Defence Corps. His son, Nicolaas Johannes Schermann, born on 27 September 1910, served in the 1st Mounted Regiment, Piratief, during the Second World War, giving his address as 'Postmasburg, Cape Province'; sold with copied roll entry for the father and copied service papers and original Union Defence Forces medal entitlement document for the son.

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Sold for
£95