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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 176

99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot

Assigned to Lord Chelmsford's Column, the unit marched to the relief of British forces under Colonel Charles Pearson besieged by the Zulu impis. At the Battle of Gingindlovu, the 99th helped defeat a Zulu impis which tried to overrun the British while laagered.

904 Medals issued to the unit, 904 of these with clasp '1879'.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (482. Pte. J. McTaggart. 99th Foot.), good very fine

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£400