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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 77

Family Group: Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (282980 Sto. A. W. Pariser, H.M.S. Powerful), engraved naming, minor official correction to surname, nearly very fine, with the following items and documents: - A Rare and Original document for the banquet given by the Corporation and inhabitants of the Borough of Portsmouth to the ´Officers and Men of the Naval Brigade in honour and appreciation of the Splendid Services rendered by them to their Queen and Country during the War in South Africa, 1899-1900´, named to ´Alfred W. Pariser, Stoker´ and dated 24.4.1900; this in a damaged glass-fronted gilded frame - Facsimile of the document addressed to Captain The Honourable Hedworth Lambton, C.B., Officers and Men of the Naval Brigade of H.M.S. Powerful from the inhabitants of Simon´s Town, this in a slightly damaged glass-fronted wooden frame - A ´Vanity Fair´ Print of Captain The Honourable Hedworth Lambton, entitled ´H.M.S. Powerful´, with a picture of the ship inset at the top right, dated ´June 28th 1900´, print and border approx. 373 x 227mm showing, contained in a gilded and glass-fronted frame, approximately 525 x 372mm Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., circular type, 2nd ´Coronation robes´ type (Arthur Mitchel Pariser), in case of issue, good very fine (lot) Estimate £ 600-800 282980 Stoker Petty Officer Alfred William Pariser (published transcription of roll gives ´Parrisey´), born Old Ford, London, 1877; joined Royal Navy as Stoker 2nd Class, 1896; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-8.6.1900; ´Invalided for Pension´, 22.11.1906.

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