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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 54

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (5099 Pte J. Toole. L'Pool Regt M.I.), officially re-impressed naming, disk polished and suspension somewhat slack, good fine

James Toole is confirmed upon the Roll with entitlement to this Medal and Clasps. Sold together with a most interesting contemporary photograph album, containing 70 original black-and-white photographs of the campaign in South Africa. All images are annotated beneath, and examples include: 'Armoured Train Disaster - Chievely'; 'Boer Defences top of Harts Hill'; 'A Boer Trench on Spion Kop'; and 'Military Balloon Ladismith' [sic].

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Sold for
£230

Starting price
£140