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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 185

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877 (1982. Gunr. J. Carter. 7th Bde. R.A.), lacquered, very fine

Served with No. 10 Battery (Gatling Field Battery), 7th Brigade. This was the first ever Mounted Gatling Field Battery in the British Army and first went into action at the Battle of Ulundi. On that day they were used in front of the square and combined with the infantry fire, threw off the enemy.

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£400