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Auction: 5019 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 145

A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Three to Private C.E. Fripp, Wiltshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (2839 Pte. C.E. Fripp. Wilts: Regt.); Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2839 Pte. C.E. Fripp. Wilts: Regt.); King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (2839 Pte. C.E. Fripp. Wiltshire Regt.), good very fine or better (3) Estimate £ 1,400-1,800D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 2839 Private C.E. Fripp 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment. ´Private Tripp (sic.) received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for reloading and rescuing a wagon under heavy fire.´ (´Short Histories of the Territorial Regiments of the British Army´, R. De M. Rudolf, page 542 refers). One of nine D.C.M.s to the Wiltshire Regiment, awarded during the Boer War 1899-1902.

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