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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 107

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (896. Pte. T. Harris. 3/60th Foot.), suspension somewhat slack, contact marks, light edge bruising, very fine

999 Medals issued to the unit, 964 with the clasp '1879'.

The unit arrived to join Lord Chelmsford’s Relief Column just in time to fight in the Battle of Gingindlovu on 1 April 1879 and the following relief of the Siege of Eshowe. Following the conclusion of hostilities, the unit was left behind on garrison duty in South Africa, being there when the First Boer War broke out. They would share in the Battle of Ingogo River and also the disastrous Battle of Majuba Hill in early 1881.

Sold together with a copied medal roll.

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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£420