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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 82

Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (178059 A-B: J.H. Branton, H.M.S. Powerful), impressed naming, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine Estimate £ 600-800 Approximately 19 five clasp awards to H.M.S. Powerful. 178059 Chief Petty Officer John Henry Branton, born Monkleigh, Devon, 1878; joined Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1896; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-8.6.1900; Petty Officer, 1.4.1904; service during the Great War included in H.M.S. Berwick (armoured cruiser), 17.6.1916-19.8.1918.

Sold for
£750