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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 633

Family Medals: Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (Lieut. A. Holford. 19/Hrs.), extremely fine, scarce British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service (Elizabeth Bates Van De Weyer.), good very fine (2) Estimate £ 280-320 Lieutenant Arthur Holford (1873-1952); commissioned Second Lieutenant (from Militia) 19th Hussars, 1896; severely wounded in action at Rietfontein, 24.10.1899 and at Colenso; Lieutenant 21.3.1900; placed on half pay 4.8.1901; married Elizabethe Bates Van de Weyer, 27.2.1929.

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