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Auction: 21103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction 4
Lot: 68

Pair: Private G. G. Weitzmann, Cape Mounted Rifles

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3164 Pte. G. Weitzmann. C. M. Rifles); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3164 Pte. G. Weitzmann. Cape M.R.), contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2)

George Gould Weitzmann was born on Jamaica in 1880, the son of a Brazilian-born merchant (Gustav H.) and a British mother (Sarah M. Weitzmann). He served during the Boer War with the Cape Mounted Rifles and latterly was commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment. He changed his surname to 'Walsh' at some point and earned a 1914-15 Star Trio with the Army Service Corps and the Indian Army Reserve of Officers during the Great War, the M.I.C. also noting the award of the O.B.E. and his awards to be sent to the Mercantile Bank of India, Calcutta.

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£160