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Auction: 22003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 223

(x) Pair: Sergeant-Farrier G. Needham, Diamond Fields Artillery

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (173 Serjt:-Farr: G. Needham. Diamond F.A.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘b’, good very fine (2)

G. Needham is confirmed on the Medal Roll with entitlement to these two clasps, and was the only Farrier-Sergeant in the Battery. During the Defence of Kimberley, the Diamond Fields Artillery comprised some 97 men and six guns; originally entirely outranged by more modern Boer artillery pieces, they later manned the famous 4.1-inch 'Long Cecil' which enabled the defenders to return effective fire against their foe.

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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£270