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Auction: 24113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 189

(x) The Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to Trooper J. Berg, Bethune's Mounted Infantry, who was discharged as a result of having been struck by lightning

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (44 Tpr: J. Berg. Bethune's M.I.), edge bruise, toned, otherwise very fine

J. Berg enlisted on 19 October 1899, he was struck by lightning at Blood River on 31 October 1900 and as a result of this was discharged on 21 December 1900.

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