Fine Art Sale
Lot 924
ANGLO BOER WAR GROUP OF FOUR Queen's South Africa Medal four clasps
ANGLO BOER WAR GROUP OF FOUR Queen's South Africa Medal four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg and Diamond Hill, King's South Africa Medal two clasps, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, British War Medal and Victory Medal 5443 PTE W WHITTINGTON DERBY REGT [5443 PTE W WHITTINGTON NOTTS & DERBY REGT on KSA, 265202 W O CL 2 W WHITTINGTON NOTTS & DERBY R on pair], a Chinese silver cigarette case engraved Presented to Sgt Whittington 1st Sherwood Foresters by the Officers & Men Customs Coy S.V.C. Sprint Training 1903, a lady's silver cigarette case, a Chinese carved rosewood walking cane with silver tau handle, a silver prize fob shield of 'H' Company 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters 1898 for Best Men at Arms inscribed Won by W Whittington, an oval sepia photograph of the recipient, South Africa 1900 chocolate tin, bible presented by his Sunday School teacher 1884, press cutting and War Veterans Dinner Souvenir album, Empress Rink, Nottingham, June 20th 1911 [his name on p133]Provenance: the recipient; thence by descent to the present vendor
Estimate: £150 - 250
Sold for £350