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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 173

90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)

The Regiment embarked from India on the Nubian with the war correspondent Melton Prior for the Cape Colony in January 1878 and fought in the 9th Xhosa War later that year. It also saw action at the Battle of Kambula & Ulundi during the Anglo-Zulu War and returned for India in October 1879.

1,021 Medals to the unit, 66 of these with clasp '1877-8'.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (1611. Pte. W. Heridge. 90th. Foot.), very fine

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£400