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Auction: 5005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 517

Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (Lt: Col: R.L. Hippisley. C.B. R.E.), minor edge bruising, therefore nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 180-220 Colonel Richard Lionel Hippisley, C.B., Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 1872; served in the Egyptian Expedition 1882 (entitled Medal and Khedive´s Star); Captain 1884; Major 1891; served in South Africa 1899-1902, Director of Telegraphs, South Africa Field Force (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 8.2.1901, 16.4.1901, 29.7.1902, C.B.); Colonel 1902; Chief Engineer Edinburgh, 1904; retired 1910.

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