519
South Africa, Boer War Memorabilia, 1899 - 1901, VGC
Estimate:
AU$150 - AU$200
Sold
AU$275
Live Auction
Roxbury Auction No. 112 - Wed 20th - Friday 22nd of July (QLD TIME)
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Description
Trench art silver brooch made from two steel bullets engraved MAFEKING SIEGE 1899-1900, with pin and silver medallet of the siege's hero Baden Powell, Generals French and Buller; another trench art brooch fashioned from copper gunpowder bands, engraved SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY 1899-1900; another pin-fitted Sherwood Foresters badge; Yorks & Lancs button made into a secret compartment pin brooch.
Both the Sherwood Foresters and Yorks & Lancs Regiments were heavily involved in fighting during the Anglo-Boer War. [4]