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Auction: 24112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 171

(x) The Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to Private T. Drummond, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders who was twice wounded in action during the Anglo-Boer War

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Modder River, Paardeberg (6749 Pte. T. Drummond, A.& S. Highrs.), contact marks, very fine

Thomas Drummond was born at Glasgow in 1877 and enlisted in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders on 20 October 1898. He was wounded at Paardeberg Drift on 18 February 1900 and again at Jacobsdal on 25 October 1900. Embarking to France with the 2nd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders on 10 August 1914, he was soon after discharged due to illness on 19 November 1914. He is additionally entitled to a 1914 Star trio and Silver War Badge; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£210

Starting price
£140